CM launches Rs 21,406 crore worth rural infra projects
Nitish Kumar
on Thursday laid foundation stones for as well as launched the works on a total of 11,346 rural roads and 730 bridges, entailing an expenditure of Rs 21,406 crore together under various schemes of rural works department (RWD), through remote control.
The roads and bridges are being built under CM rural roads strengthening and management, rural connectivity, rural bridge, bridge, and easy connectivity schemes.
As per the break-up of the costs, the CM launched the works on schemes worth Rs 8,723 crore, while he laid the foundation stones for projects worth Rs 12,683 crore.
"We have provided basic facilities to people in both rural and urban areas. All efforts are being made to improve them further," the CM said at a function held in this regard at Sankalp auditorium on his official residence premises here.
He asked the officials to ensure that the schemes undertaken are completed in time with quality work.
According to the details, work began on 5,047 rural roads (a total of 8,893km in length) involving an expenditure of Rs 6,198 crore under CM rural roads strengthening and management scheme, and 409 bridges, entailing an expenditure of Rs 1,859 crore under the rural bridge scheme as well as five other schemes worth Rs 48 crore.
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The work also started on 301 roads (490-km length) involving an expenditure of Rs 618 crore under CM rural connectivity scheme to link villages\tolas having population of 100 and more people.
Besides, the CM laid the foundation stones for the construction of 4,079 roads (6,484-km length) at a cost of Rs 5,627 crore under CM rural roads strengthening and management scheme, and 296 bridges to be constructed at an expenditure of Rs 1,792 crore.
These apart, he laid the foundation stones for 1,908 roads (3,397-km length) worth Rs 4,884 crore under the CM rural connectivity scheme, and eight other schemes involving an expenditure of Rs 101 crore.
At the start of the function, RWD additional chief secretary (ACS) Dipak Kumar Singh presented the details on the roads and bridges concerned, besides the status of the schemes already under implementation.
Deputy CMs Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, water resources minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, RWD minister Ashok Chaudhary, principal secretaries to CM Deepak Kumar and S Siddharth, chief secretary Amrit Lal Meena, development commissioner Pratyaya Amrit, and CM's secretary Kumar Ravi, besides ACS Singh among others were present at the function.
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