The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY-I) was launched in 2000 as a one-time special intervention to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of designated population as per Census 2001.

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 11 (ANI): Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the winter preparedness of various departments across the UT.

New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI/PNN): Delhi-based leading infrastructure consultancy company Rudrabhishek Enterprises Limited (REPL) has reported growth in consolidated revenue from operations by 9.76 per cent in first-quarter results (FY 2022-'23), as compared to the corresponding quarter in the previous financial year. The total revenue stood at Rs. 17.03 Crore, while the PAT for the period is Rs 3.12 Cr. The PAT in Q1 increased by 22.21 per cent compared to Q1 of the previous financial year (YOY). The EBITDA margin has also shown an increase of 8.88 per cent. The strong growth is attributed to sizable work orders in hand and faster project executions.

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], August 5 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday presided over the 'Pragtisheel Himachal: Sthapna Ke 75 Varsh' celebrations to commemorate 75 years of existence of Himachal Pradesh.

New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of multiple projects worth over Rs. 1800 crores at an event at Dr Sampurnanand Sports Stadium, Sigra, Varanasi, said a press release by Prime Minister's Office.

New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to inaugurate the Akshay Patra mid-day meal Kitchen at LT College which has a capacity of cooking mid-day meals for around one lakh students on July 7.

Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 22(ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said that Udhampur has today emerged on the world seismological map with the installation of the latest upgraded Seismological Observatory by the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

Patna Apr 21 PTI The Bihar government has blacklisted 91 contractors and debarred 1490 others engaged in construction of rural roads under PMGSY and MMGSY after they failed to complete the projects on time and in some cases for not following terms and conditions of the agreement Rural Works Department RWD Minister Jayant Raj saidThe blacklisted and debarred contractors not only violated the agreement but also ignored the governments repeated request to speed up works related to rural roads under the schemes like Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana PMGSY Mukhya Mantri Gram Sampark Yojana MMGSY and Gramin Tola Sampark Nischay Yojana GTSNY the RWD minister told PTIThese contractors blacklisted 91 and debarred 1490 were registered with the RWD of the state government he said adding that there are around 8000 contractors who are listed with the RWD in the stateThe minister further said Decision to debar and blacklist them was taken on the basis of their performance report pertaining to the projects which they handled in 2021-22 Not completing projects on time itself is a sort of corruption as it causes cost escalation and puts extra financial burden on the exchequer There is no compromise with our Chief Minister Nitish Kumars policy of zero tolerance against corruptionThe department will not give any construction work to the debarred contractors till the expiry of the specified period he said clarifying the debarment order gets automatically revoked on the expiry of the specified periodConstruction of rural roads under PMGSY MMGSY and GTSNY schemes is the top priority of our government The RWD will soon start construction work of fresh 10186 rural roads total length of around 11446 km under these schemes in the state he saidThe rural roads are built according to standards and specifications led down by the Ministry of Rural Development MoRD Government of India in consultation with the Indian Road Congress IRC From the design stage to construction and maintenance stage the roads have to pass through rigorous specifications in terms of geometrics construction materials technical standards and the whole gamut of engineering parameters the minister saidOur government wants to connect villages in the state through all-weather rural roads he said adding around 45672 habitations in the state have been covered under the centrally-sponsored flagship scheme PMGSY and the rest 22450 habitations under various state schemes PTI PKD RG

New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday gave its approval to proposals of the Rural Development Ministry for the continuation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-I and II up to September 2022 for completion of balance road and bridge works.

Excelsior CorrespondentBHADERWAH Aug 24 The Union Government and JK UT administration is committed to develop all the underdeveloped hamlets irrespective of caste colour and creed to ensure all social and economic upliftment of the peopleIt was stated by Chairman District Development Council Doda Dhananter Singh Kotwal while kick-starting black-topping work of Manthala -Melani- Bhaderwah link road in the presence of Sarpanchs Ward members and engineers of PMGSYWhile speaking on the occasion Kotwal said that it was a long pending demand of the local residents of the areaHe said that the Sarpanch and Panchs have played a key role in highlighting the genuine issues of the people following which the matter was taken up with the PMGSY authorities by him and the work has finally been started todayHe extended gratitude to the concerned authorities