For better mobility of people residing in the remote and forested villages, the State Public Works Department (PWD) has developed around 450.50 km of roads in the insurgency infested Kanker district during the past 12 years, officials stated.
Similarly, the Department has constructed as many as 299 bridges and culverts for dealing with the challenges projected by adverse climatic condition.
As per the official information, the developmental works carried out by PWD resulted in the rise in socio-economic status of the people in the district.
During the last 12 years, PWD has constructed seven different roads with the expenditure of around Rs78.77 crore. likewise, the Department has developed 17 medium-size bridges to the tune of around Rs7.20 crore, 282 bridges and culverts by spending Rs59.89 crore and 21 small bridges worth Rs1.60 crore.
Aiming to ensure better healthcare facilities in the region, 97 hospitals buildings to the tune of around Rs39.96 crore were developed during the period of 12 years.
Works of around Rs2.85 crore were carried out in Kanker district hospital and now it is 150-bed hospital (which was earlier 8-bed). Moreover, buildings of seven community centers to the tune of around Rs4.05 crore have been constructed in seven blocks of the district and buildings of 15 primary health centers have been constructed at a cost of Rs3.64 crore.
Besides, 49 sub health centers and an ANM training center worth Rs4.64 crore were constructed in the district during the past few years.
Notably, Chhattisgarh is among five insurgency infested States which have been working feverishly towards meeting all the project deadlines prescribed by the Centre for left Wing Extremism (lWE) affected districts.
The Centre has asked lWE affected States for adhering to the time-lines for appropriate utilization of budget available with them for developing infrastructure in lWE districts.