Chhatisgarh’s Public Works Department (PWD) is setting up a separate Cell to endorse design of bridges before they are constructed in the State.
State PWD Minister Rajesh Munat while chairing a meeting of the Bridge divisions of the Department here directed officials to form a ‘Separate Cell’ to endorse design of bridges.
The Minister also directed the officials to have a board put up at every bridge construction site mentioning when the project was approved, the period in which the project is to be completed, project outlay, the name of the Contractor and the Engineer involved with the project.
It was informed in the meeting that a total of 142 works had been approved for a total of six Bridge Divisions of the Department.
Out of the 142 works, a total of 12 works have been stopped for which the PWD Minister directed to restart the work.
Munat said that stern action would be taken against officials if they don’t complete works under the stipulated time frame.
Notably, the PWD is in the process of constructing as many as eight Railway over bridges and two under bridges in the State at a cost of Rs 284.37 crore.
Out of Rs 284.37 crore being spent on the projects, Rs 265.29 crore is being utilised for construction of eight over bridges and Rs 19.8 crore is being spent on construction of two under bridges.
PWD Minister Rajesh Munat has directed officials to ensure the construction work of the bridges meet high quality standards.
The State Government had sent proposals to the Centre for construction of 294 roads worth Rs 1023.51 crore and construction of 103 bridges worth Rs 1318 crore for financial year 2014-15.
Moreover, 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.