Union Minister of State for Social Justice Krishna Pal Gurjar inspected rural roads constructed under various schemes at village Deewanganj and Parwariya in Raisen district on Saturday. He was accompanied by Haryana’s PWD Minister Narbir Singh. He inspected and lauded specialty of CC roads being constructed under Panch Parmeshwar Yojana at village Deewanganj and all-weather gravel roads under Mukhyamantri Gram Sadak at village Parwariya.
Gurjar also held discussions with beneficiary villagers and local public representatives about road connectivity facilities. Earlier, the Union Minister and Narbir Singh held discussions with senior officers at Public Works Department headquarters Narmada Bhavan here on new techniques being adopted for better construction of rural roads.
On the occasion, a presentation was also be made by PWD and Panchayats and Rural Development department on road construction. Principal Secretary PWD Pramod Agrawal and Engineer-in-Chief PWD Akhilesh Agrawal informed about major achievements in construction of district roads in the State, quality and online monitoring of construction of rural roads. Information was also given about accident response system.
Engineer-in-Chief Rural Housing and Road Development Authority MK Gupta informed about works done under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. He informed that 60,000 km long roads have been constructed under the scheme in the State so far. Besides, 12,700 km long roads constructed 5 years ago have also been improved. Under the scheme, 205 major bridges costing Rs448 crore are being constructed.
Of these, 59 bridges have been completed. Engineer-in-Chief Rural Engineering Service Prabhakant Katare informed that Madhya Pradesh has implemented Mukhyamantri Gram Sadak Yojana from its own resources. Under the scheme, general villages with upto 500 population and tribal-dominated villages upto 250 villages are being connected with main roads through all-weather roads.
Katare also gave a detailed account of drains and CC roads being constructed under Panch Parmeshwar Yojana. Joint Commissioner Media Devendra Joshi presented rural roads special issue of magazine “Panchayika” and training materials for Panchayat representatives published by Panchayats and Rural Development Department to the Minister Duo.