Compromise on road quality under PMGSY completely unacceptable: Parl panel

Flagging “poor quality” of many roads built under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, a parliamentary panel has said that such compromise was “completely unacceptable” and suggested that the thickness of roads under the scheme be increased from existing 20 mm to 30 mm.

In its report tabled in Lok Sabha on Thursday, the Department Related Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj also stressed on the need for better centre-state cooperation to properly implement the scheme.

The panel, which is headed by DMK MP Kanimozhi, stated that it is “constrained to note that the quality of road construction under PMGSY (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana) is an important issue affecting the entire country”.