PIC for PMGSY Road Sector Project, Orissa, India. ADB funded.

Consultancy Services for Project Implementation Consultant Engagement (PIC) Project ID. No. Orrisa / PIC-I / PMGSY Road Sector Project, India. Asian Development Bank funded.

The Pradhan MantriGramSadakYojana has set a programme objective of achieving all weather access to every eligible habitation by the end of the 10th five year plan. PMGSY is a hundred percent centrally funded and centrally sponsored scheme with dedicated sources of funding. The National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA), under the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, is the Agency responsible for overall management, supervision and execution. The Programme is being implemented through the State Government with Orissa State Rural Road Agency as the Nodal Agency at the State level.

In Orissa there are 5 Rural Work Circles under R.D. Deptt. covering 30 districts and the consultancy works is to be taken up through 5 PIC packages (subprojects). For this project the assignment is limited to 14 districts (covering 3 Rural Works Circles Angul, Bhawani-Patna &Sunabeda) for ADB batch II, III, IV.