Chief Minister Hemant Soren was today updated the work progress of the Road Construction Department and Rural Works Department in the Chief Minister's Residential Office.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister gave several directions to the officers and asked them to complete the schemes for construction of new roads and reconstruction of old roads in the state on time. He directed the officials that the Rural Works Department should complete the reconstruction work of 15,000 kilometers of roads in the state within the next one year. He said that especially in rural areas, roads, bridges and culverts which are in dilapidated condition should be repaired on priority. Focus primarily on road construction work in rural areas.
The CM said that the Rural Works Department should speed up the construction work of roads that connect important institutions such as block headquarters, community/primary health centers, railway stations, bus depots, colleges/schools, panchayat offices, various hot markets, health sub-centres, etc. Prepare a software waste mechanism for the roads to be transferred from the Rural Works Department to the Road Construction Department. The Road Construction Department, along with the Rural Works Department, should prepare a software-based methodology for building network roads and increasing their number and marking. He said that the Rural Works Department should stop the practice of manual toll tax at the toll tax centers established on the roads and implement FASTag service compulsorily.
The CM said that it is the priority of the government to make quality and good roads in the state. No laxity will be tolerated in the quality of roads. At the time of making the road, it must be ensured that the materials used including stones, chips are checked. Make sure to use the official riding quality checking machine as well. Make sure to use new technology wherever needed. There will be no shortage of funds in road construction work. Speed up the DPR and tender process for reconstruction and repair of new roads and old roads. Upload the photo and video of the road marked for reconstruction works in the software compulsorily. The CM said that approach roads must be constructed even in villages with low population. He said that the department should prepare a digital history book of each important road.
On this occasion, detailed information about the proposed elevated road construction work from near Sahajanand Chowk to Judge Colony (ACB) office was kept through power point presentation by the concerned departmental officers and a point-wise presentation of the elevated construction work was given to the Chief Minister.
In the meeting, Rural Affairs Minister Alamgir Alam, State Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Vandana Dadel, Principal Secretary of Rural Works Department Ajay Kumar Singh, Secretary to Chief Minister Vinay Kumar Choubey, Secretary of Road Construction Department Sunil Kumar, Engineer-in-Chief Murari Bhagat, Engineer-in-Chief (REO) K.K. Lal, Chief Engineer (Traffic) Rajesh Kumar Singh, EC (NH) Wahid Qamar Faridi, Chief Engineer (CDO) Umesh Kumar and other senior officials were present.