Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Connectivity for remote and Naxal hit areas
Posted On:
04 JAN 2018 5:47PM by PIB Delhi
In 2009, a Road Requirement Plan (RRP) for improvement of road connectivity in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas of 34 Districts in 8 States of Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana), Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh was approved. Original RRP envisages development of 5565 km length of National Highways & State roads to 2 lane at a cost of Rs.7300 crore. As per proposals received from State PWDs based on site requirement, a length of 5422 km was sanctioned for Rs. 8585 crores. State-wise details of works sanctioned and road length under Road Requirement Plan (RRP) is as under -
|
Sl. No.
|
State
|
Works sanctioned
|
|
Length in km
|
Cost in Rs. Crore
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
620
|
1245
|
|
(Telangana)
|
|
2
|
Bihar
|
674
|
616
|
|
3
|
Chhattisgarh
|
1988
|
3074
|
|
4
|
Jharkhand
|
760
|
1292
|
|
5
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
237
|
237
|
|
6
|
Maharashtra
|
454
|
982
|
|
7
|
Odisha
|
615
|
1008
|
|
8
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
74
|
131
|
| |
Total
|
5422
|
8585
|
This information was given by the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
********
NP/MS
(Release ID: 1515534)
Visitor Counter : 1251