In Chhattisgarh, 536 earth works costing Rs 47.78 crore has so far been completed under the Chief Minister Village Road and Development Scheme.
The scheme was started by the Panchayat and Rural Development Department of the State Government from April 23, 2011. According to official sources, main objective of the scheme was to connect such settlements, which were not coming under the criterion of Prime Minister Rural Road Scheme, with all weather roads and to provide double road facilities to such settlements that were connected with all weather roads but far away from haat-bazars and administrative headquarters, by constructing short-length roads. Non-tribal areas with less than 500 population and tribal areas with less than 250 populations have been included under the scheme.
In a meeting presided over by additional chief secretary Panchayat and Rural Development Department Vivek Dhand held here on Tuesday, officers informed that such road were included under the scheme where Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA) works have been completed or being done. Under the scheme, so far 536 earth works have been completed on which Rs 47.78 crore has been spent.
According to the officers, 70 works costing Rs 4.91 crore in Bemetra district, 53 works costing Rs 4.23 crore in Rajnandgaon district and 43 works worth Rs 4.54 crore in Raigarh district have been completed.
Similarly, 35 works worth Rs 3.79 crore in Kanker, 35 works costing Rs 1.77 crore in Balod, 33 works costing Rs 5.09 crore in Kabirdham, 31 works worth Rs 2.47 crore in Raipur and 30 works costing Rs 1.66 crore have been completed in Janjgir-Champa district.
25 works worth Rs 2.21 crore in Balrampur district, 25 works costing Rs 1.60 crore in Bastar, 24 works costing Rs 1.20 crore in Balod, 21 works costing Rs 2.51 crore in Jashpur, 18 works worth Rs 1.44 crore in Gariaband, 17 works worth Rs 2.03 core in Korea district have been completed.