The focus of the Punjab government is now on strengthening the road network. There are 67 thousand kilometers of link roads in the state, which belong to PWD and Mandi Board. Of these, 19 thousand kilometers will be repaired in the first phase. A budget of Rs 3500 crore has been fixed for this.
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Out of this, Rs 2872 crore has been set for repair and maintenance and Rs 587 crore for other works. During this time the roads will be improved and some roads will be increased from 10 feet to 18 feet. This information was given by CM Bhagwant Mann. He said that third party audit will be formed after roads are built
Giant Committee to stop corruption
CM said that earlier work started from above, such as the tender will be found only when our share is fixed. When the road was built, the officers used to come, due to which the quality of the roads had to be compromised. He said that it is easy to accuse police and roads contractors. Now no officer or leader will ask for bribe from the contractors. A coordination committee will be formed for this, which will include members of both sides. He said that earlier there were one or two cars, but now there are cars in every house. Money will be given for the maintenance of roads, but efforts will be made not to require repair.
The Punjab government made a plan regarding the road project.
AI has shown that there are no 540 km of roads
CM said that first manual survey was conducted about how many roads are to be repaired. After the report, the work was assigned to AI. AI found in the survey that 540 km long roads were mentioned, which were not actually present. This saved about 22226 crore rupees. He said that many times such roads were repaired, which were only on paper and were not on the ground. He also explained some stories by giving examples of two bridges including Madhya Pradesh.