The Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, Mr. Alok Ranjan has issued directions to immediately send the proposal to Govt of India for approval of construction and repairing of roads under Central Road Fund.
He said that sanctions for new works already approved in the current financial year must be issued by the next month of October. He said that repairing of roads should be ensured on priority so that department’s image was not tarnished in public. He instructed for prompt submission of proposal for four-laning of Kanpur, Shuklaganj, Unnao roads. He asked for action-plan for work on identified 81 state border roads to be submitted at the earliest.
Responsibility should be fixed and engineers concerned should be penalised for delay, below standard and low quality in repairing of roads despite adequate availability of budget for this purpose. He said that regular follow-up action should be taken to obtain Rs 100 crore from NABARD for repairing of rural roads.
The Chief Secretary was reviewing the works of Public Works Department (PWD) here today. He said that efforts should be made to get Rs 200 crore as per the target for cureent financial year (2014-15) under the 13th Financial Commission for developing roads in Bundelkhand, eastern region and Indo-Nepal border roads.
Regular monitoring and follow-up action should be ensured to get fund of Rs 250 crore for current financial year from Govt of India under Indo-Nepal Border Road Project. Under Shri Ram Saran Das Rural Road Scheme, Chief Secretary directed for completion of link roads construction for 357 hamlets by October against the target of 1942 in FY 2013-14 and at least 1200 hamlets link roads by 31st against the target of 1765 hamlets in FY 2014-15. He informed that under the scheme, in FY 2013-14, a target of 1942 was fixed to link unconnected habitats of population of 500 or above with metalled roads, out of this 1585 hamlets were linked till 31st
Reviewing the four-laning of roads of district head quarters, Mr. Ranjan instructed that approved in 2012-13, four-laning of roads in districts Mainpuri (Mainpuri section) and Kaushambi should be completed by June 2015 and Etawah section of Mainpuri should be completed by April 2015.
Similarly, approved in FY 2013-14, four-laning of roads in district Sravasti should be completed by March 2015, two-laned paved shoulder in district Farrukhabad by March 2015, four-laning in Badaun and two-laned paved shoulder in district Ballia should be completed by March 2016.
During the current FY 2014-15, sanctions must be issued for two-laned paved shoulder construction in districts Chitrakoot, Mahoba, Kushinagar and Bhadohi by next month. He said that to complete remaining 419 incomplete bridges of April 2014, besides 19 completed in last month, 65 bridges in the current month, 114 in December and 168 bridges should be completed by March 2015. likewise, out of 77 Railway over-bridges (RoBs) remaining of April 2014, in addition to four completed during the last month, nine should be completed in current month, 22 in December and 35 should be completed by March 2015.