Raipur. 8 October 2024. Deputy Chief Minister and Public Works Minister Shri Arun Sao, on behalf of three crore people of Chhattisgarh, on the approval of Rs 892 crore 36 lakh for eight road sections by the Government of India, met Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Shri Expressed gratitude towards Nitin Gadkari. A proposal was sent to the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on September 9 this year by the Public Works Department of the state government for the development of a total of 323.9 kilometers of road stretches in six districts of the state. Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari had given in-principle consent to this proposal in a meeting held with Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai and Deputy Chief Minister Shri Arun Sao in New Delhi on September 30.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari has shared the information about the approval of these proposals by the Government of India on his 'X' handle on Monday. He has written that Rs 892 crore 36 lakh was approved from CRIF (Central Road Infrastructure Fund) in the financial year 2024-25 for the development of eight state road sections in Bemetara, Mungeli, Rajnandgaon, Jashpur, Bilaspur and Khairagarh districts of Chhattisgarh. Is.
Deputy Chief Minister Shri Arun Sao said that with this amount sanctioned by the Government of India from CRIF, the Nandghat-Mungeli road section and Bemetara-Navagarh-Mungeli road section in Bemetara and Mungeli districts will be widened and strengthened. The work of strengthening of Dongargaon-Chowki-Mohla Manpur road section of Rajnandgaon district, Bagbahar-Kotba road section of Jashpur district, Ludeng-Tapkara-Lavakera road section and Jashpur-Asta-Kusmi road section are also included in these. He said that the work of widening and strengthening of Sirgitti-Sarwani-Pasid-Amaldiha-Bartori-Dagori road section of Bilaspur district and Rajnandgaon-Kawardha-Pondi road section of Rajnandgaon and Khairagarh districts will also be done with this amount. Shri Sao said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai, all-round development of Chhattisgarh is our priority. There is continuous support from the Central Government in the construction of roads in the state.
