Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has approved Rs2,560 crore rural road projects under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for the current financial year as Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, for a change, thanked Ramesh for his initiative.
The Union Rural Development Minister also accepted most of Wednesday’s request of the Chief Minister to extend flexibility under the MGNREGA for reconstruction of the areas affected by the twin calamities of cyclone and floods.
Patnaik in another letter to Ramesh acknowledged his gesture in approving of 881 road projects covering 2,982 km at a cost of Rs1,493 crore and the approval of 1,184 km costing Rs1,067 crore under the PMGSY for 2013-14 and also thanked for his initiative to involve the CPWD and CPSUs in implementation of the PMGSY in Odisha.