Amid controversy over compromising with quality in rural roads and other schemes running in the State, Chief Minister Raghubar Das has said that no lacuna would be tolerated in public works.
Speaking at Giridih on the occasion of inauguration of 544 roads and 70 bridges online where he also laid foundation for 622 rural roads under the PMGSY along with 63 bridges, the CM also said that 3,000 kms of road would be constructed by 2017 for improved connectivity.
"On building 3000 kms of road the Centre would spend Rs 868 crore and the State Rs 579 crore. We need to improve basic infrastructure for the development in the State. But with all this I would like to clarify here that we are not going to compromise on the quality front," said the CM at Jhanda Maidan.
Notably, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Saryu Roy has shot off a letter to the Rural Development Department for excluding a 40 kms stretch of road built under PMGSY at Mango under his constituency terming it extremely poor in quality and incomplete. The Department, acting on the lead, has excluded the road from the Friday's event.
Another controversy had arisen over presence of local MPs, MlAs and chairman of district boards on such occasions. Notably, besides the CM, Giridih MP Ravindra Pandey, Koderma MP Ravindra Rai, MlA from Giridih Nirbhay Sahabadi, Jamua MlA Kedar Hazra, Bagodar legislator Nagendra Mahto and Gandey MlA JP Verma were present at the ceremony.
The CM, talking about Giridih, said that auction of mica mines located in the district would take place by November. "Besides economic front, we are also working on social front and all tribal and Sarna places would be preserved for the future generations. We are also going to have proper connectivity from villages to district headquarters," said the CM.
He also used the occasion to invite outlawed to come into mainstream and underlined the efforts such as preparing plan at village level along with locals participation. Rural Development Minister Neelkanth Singh Munda said that the Government intended to provide all facilities in villages with proper development.
Also present on the occasion was Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma who said that the State has sent a proposal to the Centre seeking Rs 12,000 crore for highways apart from rural roads connecting all hamlets. She, nevertheless, maintained that contractors are not turning up in good numbers and a plan is to rope in local youths into this.
The CM on the occasion also handed over appointment letters to 14 JEs under the Panchayati Raj and distributed 184 FRA pattas for 189.59 acres of forest land. 133 beneficiaries were given benefits of CM Kanya Scheme. Several programmes for Giridih park, sanitation and drainage schemes and project for solid waste management were also announced there.
In another major announcement for Giridih, the CM said milk collection and chilling plant would come up at Mirzagunj. He also started beautification exercise for famous Sun Temple located over there.