lucknow the state government will build a network of rural roads under the pradhammantrigrameensadakyojana pmgsy and will construct 6135 kilometres of rural roads to give rural development the much needed fillip the government order go issued on march 1 instructs different departments to work in coordination from the coming financial year to achieve the target the state didnt get funds under pmgsy for four years since 2007 union rural development minister jairamramesh during his december 2012 visit to the state had said to release funds worth more than rs 3000 crore for development of rural roads the state has 6221 rural settlements having a population of 500999 and which are not connected through a network of roads under pmgsy the settlements having sugar mills and sugarcane institutes will get a special focus the government has even fixed target for departments like panchayati raj rural development and sugarcane development to connect such rural settlements the state will need rs 2692 crore for the construction of roads in 201314 and 201415 the committee headed by the chief secretary and having principal secretaries from finance planning rural development pwd sugarcane development and agriculture marketing and export as its members will oversee the implementation of the project in every district pwd will be the nodal department for the project any relaxation in the criteria of selection for settlements at the level of any district will require the consent of the chief minister to implement the project fund will be mobilised from different departments a maximum of rs 700 crore would be given by public works department pwd every year mandi parishad and panchayati raj would give rs 300 crore each and sugarcane development department would give rs 50 crore this would make available rs 1350 crore for construction of rural roads every year once the target is achieved roads will be constructed in rural settlements having a population of less than 500 persons in case the region having sugar mills has all its settlements with more than population of 500 connected through rural roads the departments can take up the settlements having population of less than 500 for construction roads but that would need clearance from the chief minister the rural roads constructed by any department would be built as per the specifications laid under pmgsy the settlements for construction of roads would be selection by dms and ministers incharge of the respective district