Giriraj Singh: 7 lakh highway built beneath PMGSY in closing 6 years
3 lakh kilometres of roads had been built beneath the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) within the closing six years, compared to 1.88 lakh km between 2009 and 2014, Union Rural Building Minister Giriraj Singh mentioned on Tuesday.
Addressing a meeting after the discharge of rural connectivity GIS information within the public area, Singh mentioned that because the inception of PMGSY, about 7 lakh km of roads had been built, connecting 1.62 lakh habitations around the nation.
At the instance, the Nationwide Rural Infrastructure Building Company (NRIDA), the nodal implementation company of the PMGSY scheme, signed MoU with 3 GIS companies.
GIS era might be utilised for the advance within the making plans and implementation of tasks in India’s rural spaces, Singh mentioned.
He mentioned the target of the collaboration used to be to interchange the information for higher making plans and implementation of each the PMGSY and Gati Shakti.
In a remark, the ministry mentioned, “The tempo of building of rural roads beneath PMGSY has noticed huge expansion all through the closing seven years and emphasis has been given to new era leading to a saving of about Rs 5,000 crore.”
