Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday urged Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to ensure sanctioning of State’s proposal for construction of 24 roads in Maoist-hit districts of Malkangiri and Koraput under the Road Recruitment Plan (RRP), Phase-II at the earliest.
In a letter, Patnaik told the Home Minister that improvement in connectivity would greatly help in reaching out to the remote areas and making various services available to the people living there.
“Out of 14 projects taken up in Odisha under the RRP-I, six have been completed and five are nearing completion. The work on the bridge at Janbai that will connect 151 cut-off villages of Balimela reservoir will be completed within a year. The work on Chitrakonda-Janbai-Papermetta road will also be completed soon. Thus the work on RRP-I will be concluded soon and it is time for undertaking the next phase of road development,” Patnaik mentioned in the letter.
The Chief Minister informed that the State Government has already submitted proposals for development of 24 road projects in the worst affected Malkangiri and Koraput districts. As these roads are badly required for having proper access to the lWE affected areas, your personal intervention for early sanction of projects required,” urged Patnaik.