Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya claimed that the state government would soon bring out a `road directory’ identifying all roads in the state so that responsibility could be fixed in case of poor maintenance.
Speaking in lucknow after launching `Chankya and Vishwakarma’ apps and holding video conferencing with senior officers on Tuesday, Maurya, who is also minister for Public Works Department (PWD), said that effortswereon to prepare a dairy of all roads, having information about department owning it and responsible for maintenance etc so that accountability could be fixed.
He said that the two apps launched on Tuesday would also facilitate transparency and expedite on-going projects through better and close monitoring.
Maurya said that e-governance and e-office facility have been launched and now all projects of more than Rs 1 crore will be e-billed through `Chankya’ app while demand of projects and their allotments will be made with the help of `Vishwakarma’ app.
The minister said that ongoing inspection of roads in the state was underway and data were being prepared on details of patch work, status of road surface, status of on-going projects, new proposed project etc, after which they would be analysed and action would be taken.
Maurya said that a mobile app was also being uploaded on the mobile phones of senior officers so that they could directly upload present status of roads from the spot and later review and take action.
The minister said that all those who topped the Board exams in 2017, their villages would be linked with pucca roads. He said that, out of 97 toppers, the estimate of 86 roads have already been submitted and construction work in their villages would be taken up soon.