Children of Jeed, Beli, Handad and Janda villages in Samba district of J&K have to walk 10 km everyday to attend their school at Sumb as these villages have no road connectivity.

Taking cue from the residents of remote villages in Kumaon region, the villagers from around more than dozen villages near Mussoorie have threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha elections if their dema

Highlighting the importance of PMGSY in the State, Minister for Roads & Buildings and Mechanical Engineering Abdul Majid Wani has said that with the implementation of this flagship programme th

Asian Development Bank will provide USD 275 million loan for improving rural road connectivity in five states in the country.

A total of 800 VDCs are yet to be connected with road networks, across the country.

The construction and upgrading of different 56 rural roads has been in limbo though seven months of the fiscal year have already elapsed.

The Rural Connectivity Division of the Ministry of Rural Development has directed the in charge, Pradham Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), J&K, to plant fruit-bearing and shelter-giving trees o

The Uttarakhand government has sought a special dispensation for use of forest land to speed up construction of rural roads in the state, crucial to its reconstruction and development efforts.

The government has asked that the relaxation for forest clearance given to Naxal-affected areas for construction of rural roads be extended to Uttarakhand as well.

A master plan is to be prepared with an objective to manage rural roads constructed in different villages in Baglung district.

The Maharashtra Government has received Rs 489 crore to improve the rural road network under the Prime Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana–II .