A total of 580 km of roads have been constructed during the past four years in the 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 here on Thursday.
The Chief Secretary directed to complete construction of all 22 roads of length totalling 982 kms running through insurgency infested regions within the prescribed time limit.
He asked officials to get ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) from the Forest Department for construction of roads in forested areas.
Priority will be given to the construction of roads in insurgency infested region, Dhand said.
Inspector General of Police, Superintendent of Police, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) and Executive Engineer, Public Works Department (PWD) should jointly review the development of road works and should quickly clear hurdles," the Chief Secretary said, adding, supply of raw material used in road construction like stone chips, Murrum etc should be ensured at local level.
Construction agencies were also directed to complete pending work on a priority basis.
Principal Secretary, PWD, Amitabh Jain detailed about the status of different road works in the meeting while Director General of Police (DGP) AN Upadhyay assured that required police force would be made available during construction of roads in the insurgency infested regions.