Naveen urges PM to include over 4000 villages under PMGSY

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include 4,035 more villages under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).
The state government had earlier informed the Ministry of Rural Development about the 4,035 unconnected villages which were not covered under PMGSY since 2001-02, Patnaik said in a letter to the prime minister last evening.
The Union Cabinet in its meeting held in February, 2013 had approved the revision of core network to include the above mentioned 4,035 'left-out' villages.
The state government in the meantime has submitted detailed information about the villages to the National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA) under the Ministry of Rural Development for approval.

The MoRD has now asked the state to submit Detailed Project Reports of all eligible unconnected habitations for sanction under PMGSY during current and next financial year, Patnaik said.
"Unless the MoRD approves the proposal of the state government to include the 4,035 left out unconnected habitations, the DPRs for the said projects cannot be prepared and these habitations will be deprived of getting the benefit under PMGSY," the chief minister said in the letter, copies of which were released to the media.