Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand on Tuesday reviewed works under ‘Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna’ (PMGSY) and issued directives for keeping focus on deadlines and quality of roads, bridges and culverts constructed under the scheme.
In the meeting of State-level Standing Committee of Panchayat and Rural Development Department, Dhand took stock of the status of roads and structures being constructed under PMGSY.
The officers of Panchayat and Rural Development Department informed in the meeting that 5124 permanent roads have been constructed in Phase 1 to 8 of the scheme. The total length of these roads is 22750 km. These include roads constructed in Phase 1 to 8 of the scheme besides roads constructed in different phases of Rural Road Connectivity Programme of the Asian Development Bank.
The construction of these roads has facilitated people of 7610 rural settlements for commuting in these all weather roads. In the meeting it was informed that construction of 337 roads was completed at a cost of Rs715 crore under PMGSY in the financial year 2013-14. The length of these roads is 1292 km and their construction has linked 969 settlements.
As many as 37 roads have been sanctioned under the advance technology of PMGSY. Among these, construction of four roads has been completed while construction of 10 roads is under progress.
The process of tender agreement is completed for five roads while tenders for 18 roads are under process. In the meeting, the officers informed that proposals for construction of 294 roads worth Rs1023.51 crore and construction of 103 bridges worth Rs1318 crore was been sent to the Central government for financial year 2014-15.
Additional Chief Secretary DS Mishra, Principal Secretary (Panchayat and Rural Development) MK Raut, Principal Secretary (PWD) RP Mandal, Secretary (Mineral Resources) Subodh Singh, CEO of Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development Authority Sudhir Agrawal, Chief Engineer SN Srivastava and other senior officers were present in the meeting.