Under the Prime Minister Rural Road Scheme, a total of 7,610 rural settlements in Chhattisgarh are now getting all-weather transportation facility.
The State Government had sanctioned 6,375 roads having 28,482-km length, of which, construction of 5,124 roads having a total length of 22,750-km has been completed, so far. An amount of Rs6,075 crore has been spent on the construction of these roads.
Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar, in the review meeting of the department held here on Friday, perused the status of sanctioned and under construction roads in the state under the Prime Minister Rural Road Scheme and Chief Minister Rural Road and Development Scheme.
He also gathered information about the construction works related to Rural Engineering Service.
In the meeting, officers informed that Rural Road Contact, Training and Research Centre (RCTRC) has been established for testing and inspection of quality of under construction roads. 2,106 sqm plot has been allotted at Nimora village to the Department for the centre. Government of India has sanctioned Rs 5.98 crore for the construction of the research centre.
Chandrakar directed the officers to ensure timely completion of all construction works sanctioned under Prime Minister Rural Road Scheme and Chief Minister Rural Road and Development Scheme.
He also asked them to take special care of quality of construction works and warned that any kind of carelessness in the quality of works would not be tolerated.
Chandrakar told the officers to complete all construction works sanctioned under the scheme upto 2012-13 by March 31, 2014. Notice should be served on the contractors who are not completing the work within the time limit, he said. Principal Secretary Panchayat and Rural Development, MK Raut, Director Sudhir Agrawal, Engineer-in-chief, Chief Engineer, Superintending Engineer, Executive Engineer and senior officers concerned were present in the meeting.