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10,000km of rural roads to be upgraded in state at Rs 4,000 crore [Times City]: Scheme To Be Extended For Two Years

10,000km of rural roads to be upgraded in state at Rs 4,000 crore [Times City]: Scheme To Be Extended For Two Years

by This extension includes upgrading strengthening, maintaining 10000km of village panchayat, panchayat union roads The initiative would have a budget of Rs 4000croreMaking a suo motu statement under Rule 110 Stalin said an initial announcement of Rs 4000 crore in Jan last year had facilitated the strengthening of 8120km of rural roads in the last two years Through initiatives such as the Chief Ministers Rural Road Development Scheme NABARDRural Infrastructure Development Fund Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, the PeriUrban Scheme permission had been granted for the development of 16596km of roads, 425 highlevel bridges at a total cost of Rs 9324 crore We continue to implement the schemes Stalin said reiterating his govts commitment to eliminate socioeconomic inequalities, accelerate govt by prioritising road sectorRural development minister I Periasamy said the scheme had been extended despite the financial burden on govt In the recent financial budget state govt sanctioned Rs 1000 crore under the same scheme to expand the road network to remote villages alongside road development work covering 2000km valued at Rs 1000 crore for this fiscal year TVK MLA, DMK ally T Velmurugan said govt could consider undertaking road work based on MLAs recommendations or allocate an addi tional Rs 2340 crore for the 234 MLAs to address the immediate demands of their constituentsFloor leaders of various parties including Congress MDMK VCK CPI CPM MMK KMDK, MMK demanded that the officials take into consideration the recommendation of the MLAs to decide on roads for strengthening work PMK leader G K Mani said a section of electors boycotted the general elections in certain villages due to lack of roadsThe officials decide the roads on their own, float tenders without the knowledge of MLAs but invite them to commence work said BJP floor leader Nainar Nagendran
Published in The Times of India (Online) (25.06.2024)
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