Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Monday said the State Government would execute the construction of new roads costing Rs1560 crore in the State.
Out of these, some roads are in the rural areas. Some of these would be constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana and the NABARD scheme.
The work same would be started after the rainy season, said the Chief Minister while addressing a press conference at Sirsa. He said roads which would connect villages would be of 5.5 metre wide and the roads which would connect district headquarters would be 10 metre wide. He also announced to give Rs5 crore each to all five Assembly constituencies of the district for development purposes.
He informed a special purpose vehicle (SPV) was being made between his Government and the Railways for ROBs and RuBs to be constructed in the State. This would avoid unnecessary delay in executing these works.
On the issue of increase in VAT on diesel, he said VAT on diesel was increased for maintaining uniformity among neighbouring States. Four States had increased VAT on diesel including Haryana, Punjab, HP and Delhi. This had no practical impact on consumers.