UP government has directed the public works department to prepare a detailed plan for making all the roads in the state pothole free and start the work within one week. As per the directive issued by the chief minister Yogi Adityanath 53,615 km of roads in the state are to be made pothole free by the June 15 next.
Chief secretary Rahul Bhatnagar on Friday summoned the officials of the PWD and reviewed the plan made by the department for making the roads pothole free. He said for the repair of the roads against the requirement of Rs 3,406 crore Rs 282 crore have been released to the districts. He asked the PWD officials to ensure that the work is completed within the deadline of June 15.
The officials were warned that they would face action if the roads are not repaired by the deadline of June 15. The district magistrates have been directed to prepare the data base in each district about the road constructed by different government agencies and the PWD will be the nodal agency for this work.
The government agencies include the Mandi Parishad, cane development department, rural engineering service, urban development, urban development authorities and district panchyats. All the agencies have been directed to prepare the plan for road repair by April 6. Mandi Parishad looks after the maintenance of 21,500m km roads, rural engineering service 4,031 km and urban development department 42,636 km. The chief secretary said 160 km national highways be also made pothole free by June 15.