Chief Secretary AP Padhi on Monday directed the Rural Department engineers to ensure safety measures and quality works during construction of bridges.
The Chief Secretary issued this direction while reviewing progress in construction of Biju Setu by the RD Department.
It was revealed that as many as 500 bridges have already been constructed under the Biju Setu programme, and 200 new bridges would be constructed during the current year.
The Chief Secretary directed the department to complete tender process for the proposed bridges by November 30 and begin field level work in December.
RD Secretary Bishnupada Sethi said while a total of 1,000 Biju Setus were targeted to be built at a cost of Rs 1.069 crore, 500 bridges have been built and 319 bridged are on different stages of construction.
Besides, it was decided that 28 bridges would be constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and seven under the Rural Infrastructurd development fund.
Among others, Development Commissioner R Balkrishnan, Panchayati Raj Secretary Deo Ranjan Kumar Singh, Health Secretary Pramod Kumar Meherda, Rural Development Engineer-in-chief Prabir Pradhan and Chief Engineer Bharat Chandra Pradhan were present.