National Quality Monitor (NQM) Muzaffar Khalid will visit Raipur and Durg districts in the current month of February for conducting quality assessment of ongoing construction works under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). The official would be arriving from Jammu and Kashmir, officials stated. This apart, it may be recalled that a total of 580 kms of roads have been constructed during the past four years in insurgency infested regions of the State.
This includes 18 roads which were constructed between 2011 and 2014. This was informed during a review meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand in the Mantralaya held recently. The Chief Secretary directed to complete construction of all 22 roads of length totalling 982 km running through insurgency infested regions within the prescribed time limit.