Chief Minister Raman Singh on Friday set a deadline of March 2018 for completion of all road construction works in left Wing Extremism (lWE)-affected regions of the State.
The Chief Minister also directed officials concerned to complete the construction of roads within given time-limit and ensure plantation on sides of the roads. In the meeting, it was informed that presently, 1444.65 kms of roads are being constructed in insurgency-affected areas and National Highways at a cost of Rs 9,264 crore.
This includes 2.16 km road from Aarang to Saraipali, 126.5 km road from Raipur to Bilaspur, and eight roads of NHDP.
In lWE-affected areas also, construction of four roads of 186.60 km is also underway, it was informed.
While taking it as a challenge, the Chhattisgarh Government has completed construction of 1,052 km of roads in insurgency-infested
pockets of the State with co-operation of the Central Government, State PWD Minister Rajesh Munat had informed in March this year.
In an official statement issued here, the Minister had stated that police provided adequate security cover to road development projects in the red zones. Notably, Chhattisgarh is also among the seven worst left Wing Extremism (lWE) States which been allocated Rs 228.56 crore as Additional Central Assistance (ACA) by Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had approved the Statewise allocation of Additional Central Assistance of Rs 1,000 crore to 35 worst lWE-affected districts in seven States recently. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has allocated fund Rs 28.57 crores per district.
Thus, Jharkhand is allocated Rs 457.12 crore, Chhattisgarh Rs 228.56 crore, Bihar Rs 171.42 crore, Odisha Rs 57.14 crore and Rs 28.57 crore each to the States of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.