In Punjab, the Center put a brake on the projects of the Pradhan Mantri Sadak Yojana.
The central government has canceled projects worth about Rs 800 crore under the Prime Minister’s Road Scheme of Punjab. Under the scheme, 64 roads were to be built in the state, while 38 new bridges were to be built. The total length of these roads is 628.48 km.
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At the same time, a letter has been written by the Punjab government to the Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan in this matter, along with the demand to approve these projects quickly. The government says that due to this, the common people will face problems.
Approval from the center on 31 March
The Punjab government had to upgrade 64 roads under this project under this project under the new technology FDR. At the same time, 38 bridges of length more than 15 meters were to be built. On March 31, the central government approved the project of these roads and bridges. But now a letter has been written to the Joint Secretary of the Union Ministry of Rural Development, which states that the projects whose works are not tendered or the projects have not started, they are dropped.
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan.
Not getting advisory company
Ravi Bhagat, Secretary, Government of Punjab, has written a letter to the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Rural Development seeking approval for the above works. He has written in the letter that the work is under the process, work will start as soon as the rainy season is removed. Roads and bridges are to be built with new technology.
Very few firms experience this technology. The advisory firm has been tendered several times to hire. In this way work should not be stopped. He has assured that all the work will be completed by 31 March 2026.
Most of the roads are in the border area
Most of the roads in the roads whose works have been stopped are from the border area. These roads have roads of Pathankot, Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran, whose work will be affected during this period. Remember that earlier the government had stopped Rs 7000 crore of Punjab’s Rural Development Fund.
Roads are to be built with FDR technology. (File photo)
What FDR technology The full name of FDR technology is “full depth reclamation”. It is a modern and environmentally friendly method of road construction, in which a new road is made again by uprooting the old road ballast and other ingredients, recycling it, by mixing it with chemical and cement.
