Congress has raised serious concern over the slow pace in construction and repair of roads in Rae Bareli, the parliamentary constituency of party president Sonia Gandhi.
The matter was raised by K l Sharma, the lok Sabha representative of Sonia Gandhi here during a review meeting called by Uttar Pradesh PWD minister Keshav Maurya here on Sunday.
UP congress spokesperson Sanjay Bajpai said that Sharma demanded the roads to connect Block headquarters to Tehsil headquarters, CRF proposed roads and several other roads and bridges as per the demand of the local population. Sharma also handed over a list of demands to the UP minister with urging the state government to speed up their efforts.
Meanwhile, PWD Minister said state roads will be renovated at the cost of over Rs 1lakh crore. The money will be given by Central Government that will help in renovation of 73 national and state highways. “The renovation and repair work will be carried out at full speed after monsoon. This government is going full throttle in repairing pot holes,” he said.
“Many of the state highways have been elevated to the status of national highways. The BJP government has inherited roads in a very bad shape and therefore ot is taking time to repair the roads. We have our plan ready and will implement them soon,” he said.
He also assured the representatives of MPs and legislators that their suggestions will be incorporated in the final proposal.