The State Public Works Department has sanctioned laying of a total of 17 rural roads at a cost of Rs 30.45 crore in Bilaspur district.Public Works Department Minister Rajesh Munat said that the rural regions will get better network of roads in Bilaspur district.
A road linking Saraipatera-Hardibandh - Urai Kachar (3.5 kilometre) will be laid at a cost of Rs One crore 50 lakh. Similarly, road linking Chechandih-Kodwa-Kanchanpur (2 Km) at a cost of Rs One crore 20 lakh and Turwari-Mohatara-Kurmi (2.5 km) will be laid at a cost of Rs One crore 50 lakh.
The PWD also will lay Bilaspur Mainroad-Patari Kampa road at a cost of One crore, Bandha -Dewarhata (2 kilometer) will be laid at a cost of Rs Two crore and Dewarhata-Aunwrabandha (2 kilometre) at a cost of Rs One crore 20 lakh.
Roads will be laid linking Pendri Talab-Ratipayara-Dhodhapara, Rapti-Gunapur, Jorapara-Araibandh, Jaroundha-Nayapara, Birgouna-Awaaspara, Baithalpur Madhku road expansion and upgradation.The Chhattisgarh Government will also soon carry out survey for developing a wide set of new rural roads across the State.
It will also get Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared for taking up the road projects, officials informed.
A total of 6,372 rural roads measuring 26,815 kms had been prepared in Chhattisgarh so far involving an expenditure of Rs 7,880 crore under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the current financial year so far, they informed.
A total of 6,697 rural roads had been approved by the Central Government measuring 29,562 kms under PMGSYA total of 105 new roads would be constructed in various districts of Chhattisgarh under batch-II of the project work under PPMGSY, officials informed.
It may be recalled that the worst insurgency infested districts of Chhattisgarh would be able to further provide a boost to rural road connectivity work with the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approving a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely “Road Connectivity Project for left Wing Extremism (lWE) Affected Areas”.The project is aimed at improving the rural road connectivity in the worst lWE affected districts from security angle, officials informed.
The project will be implemented as a vertical under PMGSY to provide connectivity with necessary culverts and cross-drainage structures in 44 worst affected lWE districts and adjoining districts in the country, critical from security and communication point of view. The roads will be operable throughout the year irrespective of all weather conditions.
Under the project, construction/upgradation of 5,411.81 km road and 126 bridges/Cross Drainage works will be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 11,724.53 crore in the above district.
The fund sharing pattern of lWE road project will be same as that of PMGSY i.e. in the ratio of 60:40 between the Centre and States for all States except for eight North Eastern and three Himalayan States (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand) for which it is 90:10.
The Union Ministry of Finance will have to allocate to Union Ministry of Rural Development Rs.7,034.72 crore for this project during the period of implementation 2016-17 to 2019-20.
The Union Ministry of Rural Development will be the sponsoring Ministry as well as the implementing Ministry of this project. The likely duration of implementation of the project is four years from 2016-17 to 2019-20.
The “Road Connectivity Project for lWE Affected Areas” is envisaged in lWE States including the 35 worst affected lWE districts which account for 90% of total lWE violence in the country and 9 adjoining districts critical from security angle as per the inputs and lists of roads / districts provided by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
The roads taken up under the scheme would include Other District Roads (ODRs), Village Roads (VRs) and upgradation of the existing Major District Roads (MDRs) that are critical from the security point of view. Bridges up to a span of 100 meters, critical from security angle would also be funded on these roads.
A total of 105 new roads would be constructed in various districts of Chhattisgarh under batch-II of the project work under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), officials informed.
It may be recalled that the worst insurgency infested districts of Chhattisgarh would be able to further provide a boost to rural road connectivity work with the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approving a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely “Road Connectivity Project for left Wing Extremism (lWE) Affected Areas”.
The project is aimed at improving the rural road connectivity in the worst lWE affected districts from security angle, officials informed.
The project will be implemented as a vertical under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to provide connectivity with necessary culverts and cross-drainage structures in 44 worst affected lWE districts and adjoining districts in the country, critical from security and communication point of view. The roads will be operable throughout the year irrespective of all weather conditions.
Under the project, construction/upgradation of 5,411.81 km road and 126 bridges/Cross Drainage works will be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs.11,724.53 crore in the above district.
The fund sharing pattern of lWE road project will be same as that of PMGSY i.e. in the ratio of 60:40 between the Centre and States for all States except for eight North Eastern and three Himalayan States (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand) for which it is 90:10.
The Union Ministry of Finance will have to allocate to Union Ministry of Rural Development Rs.7,034.72 crore for this project during the period of implementation 2016-17 to 2019-20.
Chhattisgarh government has set 2018 deadline to complete construction of an additional 3,000 kms of road network with an investment of USD 2.34 billion.
This is based on the basis of an Annuity/BOT/loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), official sources informed.
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).
A time-bound action plan has been chalked out for various departments to settle the issues relating to forest land expeditiously.
Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand in a circular issued last year had 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 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, it was informed.
In the meeting it was also informed that construction of 337 roads was completed at a cost of Rs 715 crore under PMGSY in the financial year 2013-14. The length of these roads is 1292 km and their construction has linked 969 settlements.