ITANAGAR, May 20: Faced with acute shortage of funds to continue with road constructions under the Prime Minister Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), coupled with ire of local contractors, the State Government is literally knocking on the door of the Prime Minister to bail it out of the situation.

Uttar Pradesh, a major beneficiary under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), has not only ignored action against erring officials for poor implementation of the flagship scheme but has instead awarded additional works under the scheme in certain cases.

The state cabinet in its meeting today endorsed the action plan for linking all the villages with roads in Madhya Pradesh by the year 2013 under Mukhya Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, MNREGA and BRGF.

ITANAGAR, May 18: Road construction being the only way to development of rural areas, PMGSY is of utmost prominence in Arunachal Pradesh. But as per the Arunachal Citizen

BERHAMPUR: Maoists have started to terrorise construction companies involved in construction of roads in remote areas of Kandhamal district under the Pradhan Mantri Gramya Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).

To ensure the long overdue development of the extremist-infested districts across eight states, the Planning Commission will shortly unfurl an Integrated Action Plan (IAP) to expedite development in these parts.

Personnel of the security forces interact with members of Salwa Judum, a vigilante group raised to fight naxalites. A file photograph.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced that all villages of the State would be made accessible with all season roads by 2013, and those villages, which would not benefit from the Pradhanmantri Gram Sadak Yojana, would be connected with the all season accessible roads from the Mukhyamantri Sadak Yojana, started by the State Government.

Ahmedabad: The Centre has allocated Rs 22,000 crore to be spent during financial year 2010-11 for connecting far flung villages under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).
Union minister of state for rural development, Pradeep Jain, stated in Rajya Sabha that allocation of Rs 22,000 crore was made during 2010-11 for the PMGSY.