Instructions for speeding up the construction work of National Highways

Raipur, Dec 04:
Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain chaired the meeting regarding State Level High Power Committee was held to review the sanctioned and under construction works of National Highways through video conferencing at Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan here today. Discussions were held in the meeting regarding the approval and progress of construction of new roads and maintenance and repair of roads being built under the National Highway Project across the state. Mr. Jain directed to expedite the construction work of roads and culverts. Instructions were also given to provide security in sensitive areas. Mr. Jain asked for regular monitoring on the construction work of roads and culverts. In this regard, the officers have been instructed to hold a meeting every week.
In the meeting, the distribution of land compensation in the areas falling under the construction of national highway projects, the process of land acquisition in the left out areas, felling of trees in private areas, diversion of forest land, road widening etc. discussed in detail. done. Mainly Bilaspur-Urga road under Bilaspur district, Pathrapali-Katghora road under Korba district, Champa-Korba-Churi-Katghora road, Urga-Pathalgaon road, Raipur-Visakhapatnam-Bharatmala project under Raipur district, Raipur-Simga road , Construction work of Tatibandh flyover, Durg Raipur bypass Bharatmala project under Durg district, Raipur-Simga widening project under Balodabazar district, Raipur-Visakhapatnam Bharatmala project under Dhamtari district, Jhalmala to Sherpara widening of road under Balod district, Construction of Durg-Raipur bypass under Rajnandgaon district Raipur-Visakhapatnam road under Mahasamund district, Raipur-Visakhapatnam road under Kanker district, Raipur-Visakhapatnam road under Kondagaon district, Jagdalpur-Sukma-Konta road under Bastar district, Surguja district The construction works of Ambikapur-Pathalgaon road, Kunkuri to Chhattisgarh-Jharkhand border road under Jashpur district, Urga-Pathalgaon road, Ambikapur-Balrampur-Ramanujganj road under Balrampur district were reviewed. The progress of the proposed road construction under Naxal affected areas was also taken in the meeting. In the meeting, Additional Chief Secretary, Chief Minister’s Office Mr. Subrata Sahu, Secretary Public Works department Mr. Siddhartha Komal Pardeshi, Secretary Revenue Mr. N.N. Ekka, Additional Director General of Police (Naxal) Mr. Vivekananda Sinha, Special Secretary Energy Mr. Ankit Anand, Collector Janjgir-Champa District Mr. Jitendra Shukla, Additional Collector Bilaspur District Smt. Jayshree Jain, Regional Officer of National Highways Authority of India Mr. A.K. Mishra Senior with departmental senior officers were present.