Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Lok Sabha said that the central government has taken a decision to accelerate the execution of Pradhan Mantri Gramn Sadak Yojana to substantially complete the habitation connectivity as per the core network of plan by March 2019. He said, " The pace of construction under PMGSY has also been speeded up in the last three years and the average construction reached the level of 130 km per day during 2016- 17, which is highest in the last 7 years".