Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana — Programme Guidelines

(d) review capacity at SRRDA and PIU levels including financial management
and on-line management and monitoring; and
(e) ensure convergence of development programmes including transport
facilities on the constructed roads
8. PREPARATION OF PROJECT PROPOSALS AND THEIR CLEARANCE
8.1 After approval by the District Panchayat (refer Para 6.1 above), the proposals
would be forwarded through the PIU to the SRRDA (refer Para 7.3 above). The
PIU will at that time prepare the details of proposals forwarded by the Members of
Parliament, and action taken thereon, in Proformae MP -I and MP -II and send it
along with the proposals. In all cases where the proposal of an MP has not been
included, cogent reasons shall be given based on the reasons given by the District
Panchayat.
18 8.2 The SRRDA shall vet the proposals to ensure that they are in accordance
with the Guidelines and shall place them before the State-level Standing Committee
along with the MP-I & MP-II Statements.
8.3 The State Level Standing Committee would scrutinise the proposals to
see that they are in accordance with the Guidelines and that the proposals of
the Members of Parliament have been given full consideration. After scrutiny by
the State Level Standing Committee, the Programme Implementation Units (PIUs)
will prepare the Detailed Project Report (DPRs) for each proposed road work in
accordance with the Rural Roads Manual and instructions issued from time to
time.
8.4 While commencing with the preparation of the DPR, the PIU will hold a
consultation with the local community through the mechanism of the Gram
Panchayat in order to determine the most suitable alignment, sort out issues of land
availability (including forest land), moderate any adverse social and environmental
impact and elicit necessary community participation in the programme. For this
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