Construction of Roads in Naxal Affected Areas

By Accommodation Times (www.accommodationtimes.com)

The Union Government has prepared a policy/action plan for construction of roads/National Highways passing through naxal-hit/left wing extremism (LWE) affected areas/States. It provides financial assistance for improving road connectivity into such areas/States . It has approved a programme for development of 5477 km roads in 34 Left Wing Extremism affected district in 8 States at an estimated cost of Rs. 7300 crore and currently the details of works sanctioned during last 2 years and current year are given below. The detail of ongoing, delayed (those in slow progress) and projects pending sanctions given below. Completion period for the projects varies from 12 to 36 months based on the size of the project. During 2008-2009, no length of road was constructed and no expenditure was incurred. The detail of roads constructed State-wise including expenditure incurred thereon during last 2 years and current year is also given below.
So far work in 730 km length has been completed. There has been poor response from contractors for works in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Odisha. Relaxation in eligibility criteria has been given to encourage larger participation of contractors for LWE works. The works are in different stages of implementation.