Rural Roads Sector II Investment Program
India
The Investment Program is a subset of the Government’s rural roads program — Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (Prime Minister’s Rural Roads Program [PMGSY]) and shares the objective common to all PMGSY investments: to reduce poverty and deprivation, and support economic growth of rural communities in India by providing them with enhanced access to markets, employment opportunities, and social services, including health and education.
The rural road construction will be beneficial, providing connectivity to the habitants and bringing them in contact with wider society and consequently better facilities in health and education. In addition, the Investment Program is expected to open up alternate options of employment in nearby towns thereby diversifying sources of income. Also the subproject areas show a remarkable degree of assimilation and integration of the scheduled tribe population, which can be primarily attributed to scheduled tribes living in close proximity with the non-scheduled tribe population; and in some states dominating some districts. However, the Summary Poverty Reduction and Social Strategy indicates that the Investment Program will lead to loss of a narrow strip of agricultural land and structures by scheduled tribe households in the three states. Any impact on scheduled tribe households will be addressed through the provisions as outlined in the community participation frameworks and plans.
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The Investment Program will build and upgrade about 30,000 km of rural roads to an all-weather standard. (Project Map 1, Project Map 2, Project Map 3)
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