An ‘Empowered Committee’ headed by the Chief Secretary will be constituted for examining the documents related to tenders for development of road infrastructure in the State. This was decided in the meeting of Chhattisgarh Road Development Corporation (CGRDC) chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh at his official residence of Saturday. According to officials, discussions on action plan for the proposed road constructions in the State were held during the meeting. The budget for financial year 2015-16 has provision of Rs5183 crores for road infrastructure development and this is 43 percent higher than previous year.
It was discussed in the meeting that in the budget priority will be given for upgrading the State highways to double lane. Besides this, it has also been proposed to upgrade the roads linking the district headquarters and block headquarters into double lane. As per budget announcement, the CGRDC in the next three years will upgrade toll road by Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode and 2000 km long roads through annuity model. Expenditure to the tune of Rs10000 crores is expected in this, officials said.
PWD Minister Rajesh Munat, Advisor to the Chief Minister — Shivraj Singh, Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand, Additional Chief Secretary-Finance DS Misra, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister and Housing and Environment Department N Baijendra Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary of Panchayat and Rural Development Department MK Raut and other senior officers were present in the meeting.