The Executive Committee meeting of Jharkhand State Rural Road Development Authority (JSRRDA) today focused on the land acquisition problems coming up before the road construction in rural areas.
The Committee held its meeting with Rural Works Department at Project Building in presence of the Chief Secretary R S Sharma. The Chief Secretary suggested that a way forward would be to acquire land either formally or by devising some legal arrangement. Chief Secretary stressed on calculating correctly the amount of compensation to be paid to the landholders whose land was being acquired. The Principal Secretary, Rural Works Department S.K. Sathpathy suggested that the construction of roads falling under forest areas should be taken up by the Forest Department.
At the meeting another official of the Rural Works Department, P. Anjana Devi presented a report on the progress of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna and also the targets for 2013-14.