Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday reviewed the developmental works of the Public Works Department (PWD) at the Mantralaya here.
Officials attending the meeting informed the Chief Minister that developmental works worth Rs 21,576 crore would be carried out during the next 18 months.
A total of 5894 kilometers of roads will be laid, 223 buildings will be constructed and 144 bridges and railway overhead bridges will be built during this period, they stated.
Roads measuring up to 1322 kilometers had been laid, construction of 49 buildings and 23 bridges had been completed till date, the officials informed.
Singh directed the senior officials to complete all the projects in a time-bound manner and maintain high-quality standards of works. The aim is to lay 1526 kilometers of State Highways roads worth Rs 10,171 crore till March 2018.
Twenty-eight developmental works relating to the roads had already been sanctioned. Roads measuring up to 253 kilometers had already been laid till date.
Eighteen developmental works relating to laying of roads worth Rs 1,965 crore with the financial aid of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) had already been in the pipeline.
Roads measuring up to 698 kilometers will be laid in left Wing Extremism (lWE) regions with a budget of Rs 928 crore soon. Roads up to a length of 435 kilometer had already been laid in the insurgency infested districts.
There is a proposal to construct 233 State Government buildings with a sanctioned of Rs 1,349 crore.
Forty-nine buildings had already been constructed. Bridges and railway over-bridges (144) worth Rs 1,050 crore had been sanctioned. Twenty-three bridges had been completed by now.
Chief Minister Raman Singh had recently asked the Chhattisgarh Road Development Corporation (CGRDC) officials to lay a network of 808 kilometers roads at a cost of Rs 2,179 crore in another 18 months time.
He directed officials to complete the laying of roads by May 2018, officials informed.
The Chief Minister also laid stress on completing the rural road connectivity projects so that the villagers can have smooth all-weather transport in the years to come.
Singh was reviewing the road development projects recently at the Mantralaya in Naya Raipur.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister ordered the inclusion of Dhamdha- Gandai- Salhetekri in Rajnandgaon district in the ongoing roads' network project. The 39-kilometer road will be laid at a cost of Rs 120 crore.
The officers gave a detailed presentation of the roads project being laid in the State.
Singh also called upon the senior officers to complete all the road projects by May 2018. The projects include Sakri-Ganiyari-Kota at a cost of Rs 73 crore (21.8 km) , Janjgir-Pamgarh roads at a cost of Rs 64 crore, Selood-Ranitarai-Patan at a cost of Rs 118 crore (40.5 km), Karesera-Kamharia-Silhati roads at a cost of Rs 92 crore ( 39.2 km), G.E. road-Indamara-Telkadih at a cost of Rs 56.6 crore ( 20 km), Chowki-Chilhati-Korchatola at a cost of Rs 58 crore (22.2. km), Dongagarh-Chichola at an investment of Rs 48.2 crore (15.3 km) Dhara-Telkadih at a cost of Rs 51.5 crore (19.4 km), Chikli-Padubatra at a cost of Rs 42 crore (15.9 km).
The other road projects are Pamgarh-lahod at a cost of Rs 76.5 crore (31 kilometer), Bishrampur-Datima at a cost of Rs 26.7 core (10 km), Ambikapur-Pratapur at a cost of Rs 83.2 crore (40.5 km), Baramkela-Sohela at a cost of Rs 91.5 crore (32 km), Gharghoda-lailoonga at cost of Rs 68 crore, Dhamdha-Bemetara roads at a cost of Rs 91.7 crore, Birkona-Piparia-Umaria roads' project at a cost of Rs 95 crore, Tara-Premnagar-Ramanujnagar at a cost of Rs 130 crore, Kawarda-Raipur-Kamaria at a cost of Rs 74.5 crore, Dondilohara-Junapani-Chowki at a cost of Rs 110 crore, Chichola-Chhuria-Kallubanjari at a cost of Rs 58 crore,Pasan-Piparia-Kodgar at a cost of Rs 97 crore, Seepat-Baloda-Oorga at a cost of Rs 111 crore, Poojitara-Tamnagar-lailoonga at a cost of Rs 146 crore, Haati-Oorga at Rs 192 crore.
The State Public Works Department (PWD) is currently involved in construction of 14 key roads involving a total cost of Rs 405 crores in Chhattisgarh. PWD Minister Rajesh Munat informed that nearly 300-kms long roads are being constructed to link forest areas and remote villages of the State with road network.
He directed the officials to strictly comply with the quality standards for the road construction work.