Government to start CM rural road connectivity programme

If Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) has failed to deliver in Chhattisgarh, then Mukhya Mantri Gram Sadak Vikash Yojana (MMGSVY) is here, to complete the task.

The state government has announced its own rural road connectivity programme in the name of Chief Minister. The scheme, Mukhya Mantri Gram Sadak Vikash Yojana (MMGSVY), would connect all those places where the PMGSY had failed to reach.

“The state cabinet gave its nod to the MMGSVY that the chief minister, Raman Singh has announced in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly during the budget session,” a top state government official said.

The ambitious Rs 4,250-crore MMGSVY would provide all-weather road connectivity to remote villages and hamlets that are not covered under the centrally-sponsored PMGSY. A high-level committee headed by the state Chief Secretary would monitor the progress of the scheme.

 

Under the PMGSY, villages having population of 500 or more and the tribal villages housing 250 people or more are covered under the scheme. “The MMGSVY would however connect the villages having less than 250 population with all-weather roads,” Chief Minister Raman Singh said after the meeting.

The state government is planning to connect villages located in inaccessible terrains of the Naxal-infested areas under the scheme. The villages in the red zone are totally cut off with the main roads as rebels had been protesting against such projects that would facilitate movement of security personnel in their den.

According to senior officials, about 8500-km roads would be constructed under the project. Each village on the road would have passenger waiting hall, which would have lavatory and drinking water facility.

A 50-meter parking bay would be constructed in every 1.5-km on the roads taken up under the project, the officials said.