The Government of India is doing development work in various areas of the country. This is the responsibility of the central government.
For this, the public elects the government of their choice for the country and its citizens. The government has a big responsibility to improve the condition of those areas where not much development work has been done.
In simple words, modernity has spread in the cities, but even today people in the villages do not get basic facilities.
Apart from food, clothing, and accommodation, add roads to these facilities. Roads are one of the biggest problems in remote villages.
During elections, leaders pass by helicopter and hold meetings. They are unable to come through road as many villages do not have paved roads.
Therefore, the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana was started in the year 2000. Let us know how roads are built under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
How the plan is made
Under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, paved roads are built in the villages. For this, first, a plan is prepared at the district panchayat level.
It includes the district panchayat and the state-level standing committee. Along with this, a plan is also made by the block-level committee. In this, roads are identified. Which road is the main road.
Which road is connected to the city
On which roads there is more movement of people. After this, a DPR is prepared. After this, a budget is allocated by the Ministry of Road Transport to build roads. After this, a tender is issued by the government to build the road.
26 thousand crore rupees released
Today i.e. on 23rd July, Finance Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget. Which budget has been allocated for the fourth phase of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
In which 25 thousand kilometers of roads will be built. In today’s budget session, Rs 26 thousand crore has been released for various road projects of the Ministry of Road Transport.
So many roads have been built so far
Under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, a total of 6,80,040 km long roads have been constructed from the year 2000 to the year 2021.
In the budget for the year 2024 also, it has been announced to build 25 thousand kilometers of road.