As many as 6897 villages linked to perennial roads under Gram Sadak Yojana

Bhopal: With the aim of connecting cent percent villages of the state with roadway, the state government has connected 6897 villages to perennial roadways through gravel roads at a expense of Rs 2661 crores. These roads have been constructed under “Mukhya Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana”. In the coming financial year, 1250 km roads will be constructed and 550 villages will be connected to perennial roads. For this the Department of Panchayat and Rural Development has made a provision of Rs 330 crore.

Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargav said that in the year 2010, “Mukhya Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana” was initiated in those villages that remain deprived from being connected to asphalted roads through Pradhan Mantri Sadak Yojana to provide them perennial road facility,
Under this scheme 15 thousand 146 km roads have been constructed and 6897 villages have been connected. Works worth Rs 400 crore are in progress in the ongoing financial year.-Window To News