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Deputy Chief Minister Keshav and PWD Minister Prasad Maurya inaugurated and laid the foundation for 395 projects spread in Mathura and Agra districts worth over Rs 48426.55 lakh on Wednesday.
An official communique released on Wednesday said that Maurya inaugurated or laid the foundation stone of 272 projects amounting Rs 33317.36 lakh in Agra while 123 projects were started in Mathura with a total budget of Rs 15109.19 lakh.
Conveying his condolences to those officials who succumbed during the second wave of COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh, Maurya appealed to everyone to follow strict Covid norms and to defeat the pandemic. He said that the department should meet the deadline of all on-going projects complying with Covid protocol besides maintaining a high standard of work.
The PWD minister also said that the government had already decided for beautification and broadening of all 5 kilometers and more length roads, particularly those on which pilgrimage or tourist spots were situated. He said that now the government has also decided that rural roads would also be not less than 5 meters wide.
Maurya further said that there were more than 5,000 roads which connect hamlets having 250 or more population and work on them would be started within a year. He said that the total budget for the above project was Rs 2500 crores and tender process has already started. He also informed that roads named Dr Abdul Kalam Haurav Path will be constructed in the villages of those students who figured amongst the toppers in Board exams. He claimed that even during adverse Corona conditions, the state government ensured that the development process did not stop and continued to meet the deadlines.
Meanwhile, Maurya also sanctioned Rs 104 crore to complete the ongoing 23 projects. Similarly Rs 170.63 crore was sanctioned to complete four ongoing projects of broadening and beautification of roads.