The Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development Agency (CGRRDA) will be offering contracts for development and maintenance of roads to agencies through a tendering process for a period of 10 years, officials informed.
An annual allocation of Rs 500 crore has been made for the State of Chhattisgarh for the implementation of schemes under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the current financial year, the Central Government has informed.
This is against which a sum of Rs 244.625 crore has been released to the State as first installment of programme fund, it informed.
The funds so allocated are utilized for construction of roads sanctioned under PMGSY-I/PMGSY-II/Road Connectivity Project for Left-Wing Extremism affected areas.
Upto June, 2018, sanction has been given to 8,282 road works (37,104.79 Km), out of which 6,746 road works (28,974.74 Km) had been completed.
As per the existing PMGSY guidelines, maintenance of roads constructed under the programme is the responsibility of the State Governments and all road works are covered by initial five year maintenance contracts to be entered into along with the construction contract, with the same contractor, as per the Standard Bidding Document.
Maintenance funds are provided by the State Government.
Maintenance of roads beyond five years is also done by the State Government.
As per the information given by the State Government, 7,493 km road length, which are within defect liability period of five years, are being maintained at a cost of Rs 151 crore.
Further, a sum of Rs 1172 crore has been spent on maintenance of 12,068 km road length beyond the five years defect liability period, the Government informed.