Minutes of Empowered Committee Meeting held on 27.07.2010 for

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Government of India
Ministry of Rural DeveloPment
( R.C. Division )
Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated
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l'1 August, 2010
Committee held on
Subject:- Minutes of the meeting of the Empowered
2O1O - Circulation of Minutes thereon
27th
July'
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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE EMPOWERED COMMITTEE HELD
ON 27h fuly,2010
The Meeting of the Empowered Committee was held on //*July,20l0
at 12.30 pm in the Chamber of Secretary, Rural development. Names
of the participants are as below:
Chairman
Secretary (RD)
Sri B.K. Sinha
Member
AS&FA
Sri Arvind Ma aram
Member
Dr. P.K. Anand
Joint Secretary (RC)
Director (RC)
ShdSK Rakesh
Director(F&A), NRRDA
Ms. R. K. Chauhan
Director
,NRRDA
Shd H.K. Sdvastava
Dr. B. P. Chandrashekhar Director (Tech), NRRDA
Director (PIII), NRRDA
Shd P.K. Katare
tatives
State
Principal Secretary, PWD,
Dr. D. K. Goyal
Govt. of Rajasthan
CE (PMGSY), PWD, Govt.
Sri H.L. Meena
of Rajasthan
A. STATE: RAIASTHAN
2. A brief presentation was made by NRRDA on the status of the
response from the states regarding the definition of habitations
adopted by them while finalizing the core network. It was brought out
that:
I. A letter was sent to the States asking them to intimate
whether revenue villages were taken as unit for providing
road connectivity for the purpose of PMGSY and iJ due to
this criteria any eligible habitation has been left out.
I In response, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur and Rajasthan
have informed that revenue village has been taken as unit for
providing road connectivity under PMGSY. In Bihar, Core
Network has not yet been finalized. Madhya Pradesh has
informed that there would be no change in the Core-network
of the State. Manipur has indicated that as core-network was
based on villages, there might be some habitations not
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in it.
Rajasthan had informed that about 5,325
eligible habitations remain unconnected.
covered
ItrI. No
information has been received from Goa, Gujara!
Haryana, Jamrnu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, L4eghalaya,
ry.
V.
Punjab and Tamil Nadu"
Other States have informed that they have identified
habitations as per criteria given in the guidelines. Besides,
Maharashtra and Orissa have informed that they had not
counted the cluster definition while considering the eligibility
correctly and hence some eligible habitations have been left
out.
]harkhand, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and West Bengal have
intimated that some habitations have been left out while
finalizing the Core Network due to omissions, though they
had identified habitations as per criteria given in the
guidelines.
3.
Principal Secretary, Government of Rajasthan inJormed that they
have worked out the eligible habitations as per population in 2001
census, as per records available with the Government of Rajasthan. He
also informed that as per this change in criteria, the cost of
construction of roads for such habitations which have become
ineligible under PMGSY would be borne by the State Government.
4. It was also mentioned by them that a team of experts from
NRRDA had worked with the officers of Rajasthan and worked out
details of habitations which would need to be included in the core
network due to change in definition to habitation as per guidelines
and also the details of habitations which would need to be excluded
from the core network. He added that they had also visited some
districts of Rajasthan and test checked these findings.
5.
This exercise is yet to be carried out in Manipur as the State
Government has not yet identified the habitations that are likely to be
added due to change in criteria.
6.
This issue was discussed in details. After discussions, it emerged
that in case of Manipur and Rajasthan, the increase in number of
habitations is due to change in the definition which was taken as
village instead of habitation. Thus, definition adopted by these States
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earlier was not as Per the definition given in the guidelines'- l{ence
subject to
these States may be permitted to revise their Core Network
following conditions:
(i) The State Government should certi{y from records and
irrefutable evidence that the habitations claimed for
inclusionintheCoreNetwotkexistedinyear200landthat
the sum of population of habitations in 2001 matches
population of the concerned village' The village population
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should be as published by Registrar General of India'
A team will visit and make sample verification of the claim'
and exclusion of habitations will be
(iii)
' Only inclusion
the Core Network. No change in through
.on"id"red in
route status would be permitted and consequenfly no claim
for upgradation of roads as a result of this revision of Core
Network would be considered'
(iv) If any other State also makes a similar claim due to village
taken as a unit instead of habitatiory it may send them with
the certificates and evidences based on 2001 Census by
Registrar General of India which would be examined in the
Unnpe before it is brought for the consideration of the
Empowered Committee.
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The state of Assam has requested for approval for the use of
cold Mix Technology for some of the roads already sanctioned with
Hot Mix TechnologY.
NRRDA, in its presentation, apprised the comrnittee that the
performance of roads using Cold Mix Technology is reported
satisfactory by I.I.T., Guwahati and about CRRI',s certification that the
li{e of OGi'C using Cold Mix Technology is same to that of Hot Mix'
Further, the committee was informed that this item of work is already
included in the Ministry of Rural Developments Book of Specifications
is environment friendly, energy efficient and
and this technology
-ti.n".
The cost di{ference is very rnarginal for the
results in saving of
two technologies (Only Rs. 300 per km at the current SoR of Assam)'
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The committee was informed about the benefits of using Cold
Mix Technology. The committee recommended that the state of
Assam be permitted to take up oniy 500 km out of roads sanctioned
earlier, with Cold Mix Technology in place of Hot Mix Technology.
The meeting ended
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with a vote of thanks to the Chah.