Chief Secretary Ajay Singh on Saturday set a target before officials of Bastar division to complete road works measuring 1606 kms underway in the division between January 15 to March 31, 2019.
He was chairing a meeting at the Bastar division headquarters Jagdalpur to review works underway under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and bridges being constructed by the State Public Works Department in the division.
Singh asked officials to take action on contractors not paying due attention to construction of roads in the division.
The Chief Secretary directed the officials to expedite construction work on Palli-Barsoor road in Sukma district.
He said that last year in Bastar division, 1132 kms of roads were constructed within 90 days which was 134 percent more than the target set.
Additional Chief Secretary R P Mandal also directed the officials to expedite road construction work in the division so that the connectivity could help the Government provide better facilities to the citizens.
Notably, the State Government had provisioned Rs 93.61 crore in the budget of current fiscal 2018-19 for construction of nearly 417 km long roads and 34 bridges in May this year.
Out of the total provisioned amount, Rs 5.03 crore has been provisioned for construction of 27.2 km roads and two bridges in Bastar district.
Likewise, Rs 1.80 crore have been provisioned for construction of three bridges in Sukma district, Rs 4.60 crore for construction 15-km road and one bridge in Bijapur district, Rs 6.92 crore for construction of 36.6 km road in South Bastar (Dantewada) district, Rs 5.96 crore for construction of 40-km long road and two bridges in North Bastar (Kanker), Rs 4.24 crore for construction of 15-km road and a bridge in Narayanpur district of Bastar Division, Rs 4.24 crore for construction of 15-km road and a bridge in Kondagaon district.
Under Surguja division, Rs 8.16 crore have been provisioned for construction of 42-km road and three bridges in Surguja district, Rs 14.56 crore for construction of 49-km road and five bridges in Koriya district, Rs 10.77 crore for construction of 58.5 kms long road in Surajpur district, Rs 3.11 crore for construction of four bridges and 7.6 kms in Balrampur-Ramanujganj district, Rs 15 .50 crore for construction 75 kms of roads and four bridges in Jashpur district and Rs 8.72 crore for construction 35.5 kms of road and four bridges in Gariaband district.