Rural roads head nowhere

Oineetom Ojah
Posted: Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008 at 2330 hrs IST
Updated: Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008 at 2330 hrs IST

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New Delhi, Jun 16 : only states lagging on new connectivity project DPRs are — Jharkhand (34%), Bihar (36%) and West Bengal (39%).

While the Centre had set ambitious targets for its rural road projects by 2009, only 35 per cent of the targeted 59,536 habitations were connected and another 30% of the projects are underway to connect about 17,656 habitations by 2009.

Of the targeted 1,46,185 km new connectivity to be created between 2005-09, the government has been able to complete only 42% till March 2008, leaving just about an year to wind up the ambitious rural road scheme. Just 44% of the scheduled 1,94,130 km of rural roads have been upgraded from 2005-06 till 2007-08.

For 2007-08, the PMGSY was allocated Rs 11,000 crore, out of which Rs 2,600 crore was assistance from the World Bank and the ADB while Rs 4,500 crore was to come from the rural infrastructure development fund window of NABARD. Against this allocation, the PMGSY incurred an expenditure of Rs 6,372 crore (till December 2007). For 2008-2009, the PMGSY has been provided Rs 14,530 crore, out of which Rs 7,000 crore would come from NABARD. ...

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