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Detailed explanation-1: -Jammu and Kashmir recieves highest road lenght under PMGSY in 2019. Under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Jammu and Kashmir have received the highest completed road length of 11,400 km against the total sanctioned length of 19,700 km in 2019.

Detailed explanation-2: -J-K achieves highest road length in country under PMGSY, 11,400 km construction completed. Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): The Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir has achieved the highest road length in the country under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in this year.

Detailed explanation-3: -SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir has secured the third spot in developing its rural road network under the central government’s road connectivity programme Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) after Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, according to official figures from the Union rural development ministry.

Detailed explanation-4: -To ensure economy in respect of link roads, the carriageway width may be restricted to 3.0m in all such cases with corresponding reduction in roadway width etc. as per the Rural Roads Manual. The Rural Roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana will be surface roads, and, by and large, sealed surface roads.

Detailed explanation-5: -What is the ratio of centre and state in Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana? The ratio of centre and state in PMGSY for all the states listed above 60:40 is, excluding 8 North Eastern and 3 Northern Himalayan states, for which it is 90:10.