Madhya Pradesh government has drawn an ambitious plan to improve the condition of the roads in the state during the next one year.
A total 10,884 km long roads would be taken up under the improvement and repair plan with an estimated amount of Rs 3318 crore to be spent on them, an official release said on Wednesday.
Besides, 66812.79 km of roads are being maintained by the Public Works Department (PWD) in the state. Out of this, 11288.90 km roads are presently in bad shape while the remaining 5216.89 km are in worse condition as per the assessments.
According to the schedule fixed by the PWD, the roads which are to be improved and upgraded during the next one year include 600 km roads under the central road fund, 114 km under the 12th Finance Commission, 30 km long inter-state roads and 25 km of roads constructed in the dacoity-infested areas.
In addition to it, as many as 650 km long main district routes and 15 km of state highways would be taken up for the up-gradation, it said.
Similarly, one thousand km long roads constructed under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) project, 15 km long roads under build operate and transfer (BOT) and 450 km long roads under HUDCO would also be improved during the same period, the release added.
Besides, 2093 km long roads under the minimum need programme along with 47 km long roads in the districts would also be improved.
The PWD would also take up the up-gradation of 960 km roads under national highways, 300 km long roads under Kisan Sadak Nidhi, the release said.
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