Expressing his discontentment over 4-lane work of Ranchi-Rargaon-Mehulia Road on NH-33, Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Thursday said that it must be completed in two months. He directed to review its development every week. If expected progress is not visible in two months, necessary action will be taken, he added while holding a review meeting of the Road Construction department here on Thursday.
The NHAI has started implementing 13 schemes worth 12,661 crore sponsored by the government. In the first phase, three schemes of NH 75 having 261 km length have been invited. Moreover, very soon three schemes of NH-23 and NH-133 are being prepared for floating. These schemes are 500 km in length.
Road Transport Ministry officer BN Singh said that periodic repair of 153 km NH sent by State Government has been approved. 2007 km newly announced NH has been given approval. As directed, DPR of 1200 km road is being prepared. The CM said that all obstacles in road construction should be sorted out soon so that work can be completed by NHAI. Tender has been floated again for construction of bridge on the Ganga in Sahebganj.
CS Raj Bala Verma, Principal Secretary to CM Sanjay Kumar, Forest and Environment Department Principal Secretary Sukhdev Singh and other senior officers were present in the meeting.
Meanwhile, holding another review meeting of labour, employment and Training department, Das said that workers of unorganized sectors should be trained, upgraded and given certificate. The CM said that ITIs should be opened in blocks with a view to employ people living in rural areas and far off. In the first phase, ITI will be opened in different blocks of Chaibasa, Khunti, Gumla, Palamu, Garhwa, Pakur, Sahebganj and Deoghar.
“The trained people will get opportunity to be hired in Rojgar Mela. Help desks should be arranged before all employment exchanges and Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad should be developed as career and counseling centers. People will be informed about departments with maximum vacancies. ITIs of different districts should be modernized phase-wise. ITIs in Chaibasa, Gumla, Palamu, Garhwa, Dumka, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad and Deoghar should be made model it is,” he said.
The CM said that blankets should be distributed among poor people. Blankets will be purchased from Jharcraft. He said that Jharcraft will prepare things as per demand. In the next financial year, all amenities will be provided to them before hand so that things can be prepared in time.