A new Expressway had been proposed by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in a 26.60 km stretch between Raipur and Durg on National Highway-6 in Chhattisgarh.
A feasibility study and preparation of detailed project report would be prepared for the project, officials stated.
Meanwhile, the Central government in July month had announced that it would soon award contracts for three key road projects in Chhattisgarh measuring 149 kms to be developed at an estimated cost of Rs 3,522 crores this year, officials stated.
It is targetted to award 273 road projects in the country covering a length of approximately 12,900 km amounting to about Rs1,26,700 crore during 2015-16 under various schemes of the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, officials stated.
The Central government had also sanctioned an amount of Rs305.56 crore for 10 important works under Central Road Fund Scheme during 2015-16 in Chhattisgarh, officials stated.
The Central Government has sanctioned an amount of Rs305.56 crore for 10 important works under Central Road Fund Scheme during 2015-16 in Chhattisgarh, officials stated.
These 10 works include construction of one road route, two Railway over-bridges and under-bridges, one fly-over and bridge.
State PWD Minister Rajesh Munat said that these works have been approved by Central government this year for ensuring smooth traffic movement in busy areas of the State.
He said that these 10 approved works include construction of flyover at NH-6 Canal Road in Kashiram Nagar in Raipur at the cost of Rs46.35 crore, construction of bridge on Hasdeo River at Champa-Korba-Katghora Road at the cost of Rs29.77 crore, and construction of bridges on Rajnandgaon-Kawardha Road at the cost of Rs13.70 crore and on Rajnandgaon Arjunda-Gunderdehi Road at the cost of Rs24.17 crore.
Munat informed that Rs14.40 crore has been sanctioned for construction of bridge on Durg-Dhamdha-Bemetara Road, Rs18.15 crore for construction of bridge on Pithora-Baghbahara-Komakhan-Chhura-Gariaband Road, Rs34.36 crore for repairing of 15.20-km-long Gaurela-Karangra Road.
likewise, Rs79.10 crore has been sanctioned for construction of Railway over-bridge near lokhandi Railway Crossing-B K-6 on Bilaspur-Katni Railway line, Rs35.40 crore for construction of railway under-bridge and over-bridge in Gogaon-Gudiyari Road, and Rs10.18 crore for construction of bridge near DRM office at Raipur-Vishakhapatnam Railway line.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has acquired 16 hectares of land in the current financial year till June 2015 for the development of various road projects in the State, officials stated.
The NHAI had acquired 66 hectares of land during the previous financial year in the State. It has targetted to complete 10,950 km of National Highways during 2015-16 in the country. A total length of 1733 km have been constructed till July 31, 2015.
New stretches of rural roads are rapidly coming up in Chhattisgarh with massive
funding support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), officials stated.
The ADB has provided lending support to Chhattisgarh for projects undertaken under Prime Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).
The ADB had been helping to either construct or upgrade 31,000 kms of rural roads in the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradsh, Odisha, West Bengal and Assam.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh Government has already started taking steps to even settle the forest land disputes under the Forest Protection Act 1980 as early as possible for accelerating the process of laying of roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) (Prime Minister’s Rural Roads Project), officials stated.
A time-bound action plan has been chalked out for various departments to settle the issues relating to forest land expeditiously, officials stated.
Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand in a review meeting held at the Mantralaya on March 4 for taking stock on the status of the rural road projects underway in the State.
Dhand in a circular issued directed that all the road works should be completed in a time-bound manner.
The Chief Secretary said that the land area should be inspected by the Forest Department officer on the next day itself. The District Collector should be informed if there is any delay. The concerned Collector should settle the issue in within 10 days. The time-frame has been fixed as per the hectares of forest land.
The officers of Panchayat and Rural Development Department in a State-level Standing Committee of Panchayat and Rural Development Department chaired by the Chief Secretary in December last year had taken stock of the status of roads and structures being constructed under PMGSY.
It was informed in the meeting that 5,124 permanent roads have been constructed in Phase 1 to 8 of the scheme. The total length of these roads is 22,750 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, it was informed.
In the meeting it was also 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 1,292 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 Rs1,023.51 crore and construction of 103 bridges worth Rs1,318 crore was been sent to the Central Government for financial year 2014-15.
The Central government has approved a revised cost of Rs 3045 crore under its Road Requirement Plan (RRP) for improvement of road connectivity in left Wing Extremism (lWE) affected areas of Chhattisgarh.
Overall, the Centre has approved a Road Requirement Plan (RRP) for improvement of road connectivity in left Wing Extremism (lWE) affected areas of a total of 34 Districts in 8 States covering 5477 km length (1126 km NHs & 4351 km State Roads.
In Chhattisgarh, the fund had been approved for improvement of road connectivity in left Wing Extremism (lWE) affected areas measuring 2019 kms .
As per details of Physical Progress achieved as on March 1, 2015 under RRP the length of road completed between 2010-11 to 2014-15 in the insurgency infested areas in Chhattisgarh upto February 28,2015 is 868 kms.
As per the State-wise details of fund allocated and expenditure incurred under lWE scheme, Chhattisgarh an expenditure of Rs190 crore was made from 2010-11 to 2014-15 upto February 28, 2015.