Repair work on 5,827 km roads to be completed by Oct 31, says PWD min | Dehradun News

Dehradun: Tourism and PWD minister Satpal Maharaj during a review meeting on Thursday said that the patch and repair work on all the main roads would be completed by October 31. For which, roads of a length of 5,827-km, including the national highways, have been identified. The repair works, of which, have been completed on 1,668 km, that is 28.63% of the total identified roads.
Maharaj instructed the officers to expedite the works and said that main roads of the state should be pothole-free by October 31. “The repair work needs to be done on a war footing. The roads identified as within the city as well as outside. Some of them fall on the Char Dham route,” the minister said.
There are around 30 to 40 unused bridges and new permanent bridges have been constructed near them. The minister sought information from the engineers on all such unused bridges and said that they could be used for refreshments or setting up small eateries.
The minister also said that he had earlier directed the departmental officers that all the compensation pending during the construction of roads and bridges should be disposed of. A budget provision of Rs 125 crore was made in this regard and out of which Rs 35 crore has been released and Rs 13.92 crore distributed.
At locations which do not have mobile connectivity, the PWD authorities have been directed to set up signboards on the approach roads.
Maharaj further stated that owing to landslides, the road of Sirobagarh was frequently closed. A new 3.72-km road be made and three bridges would be made to ensure free flow of traffic on the route.
Meanwhile, Maharaj announced that experience certificates would not be required in tender up to Rs 50 lakh in the irrigation department. The prevailing tender system has been amended to ensure the participation of unemployed youth of the state under the tender process in the irrigation department.