The maintenance of the roads constructed under the Prime Minister's Rural Road Construction Scheme will now be undertaken by the State Public Works Department (PWD) in Chhattisgarh. This was informed by State Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand during a review meeting of the road construction work under the PM's Rural Road Construction Scheme being implemented in the State.
The Panchayat and Rural Development Department is the nodal agency that implements the rural road construction scheme in the State. According to him, under the PM's Rural Road Construction Scheme, 1,078 roads with a cumulative length of 5,984 km was constructed and directly connected to the main road network which would be handed over to the PWD for maintenance and regular upkeep.
Among them, the length of 81 roads was 716 km and declared as either National Highway or District Road and the rest 144 roads with a length of 754 km were handed over to the State Panchayat and Rural Development Department for maintenance. Besides this, he said 875 roads with a distance of 4642 km was under the control of the PWD thus, the Department controls over 30,000 km of roads in the State. Besides the Chief Secretary, other officials including Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, RP Mandal, attended the meeting.