Construction pace of road increases to 139 km/day: Reports
07/09/2016 10:00
A top Official has said that the construction pace of roads built under the flagship scheme of PMGSY has increased to 139 km per day. Commenting on the issue, Secretary, Rural Development, Amarjeet Sinha told the media, "From 2011 to 2014, the roads in rural areas under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) were constructed at 70-75 kilometer per day. And in next two years 2014-16, it increased to 100 km per day. Today the roads are being constructed at 139 km per day." “While the construction speed was 139 km in the first five months, 133 km will be constructed per day under the PMGSY in 2016-17. The Centre has adopted green technologies such as use of waste plastic, fly ash, cold mix, jute and coir geo-textiles, copper and iron slag in the making of rural roads,” he added. As per reports, rural roads is a state subject and PMGSY is a one-time special intervention of the government to provide rural connectivity by way of single all-weather road connectivity to eligible, unconnected habitations in the core network.
