BHUBANESWAR: Even as the State government had called for reduction of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) target for the year, the Centre has kept the annual plan for Odisha almost intact in view of the good progress of the works.
Due to disruption of normal life after the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, the State government has requested the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) to scale down the target from 3,720 km to 2,095 km. However, the rural connectivity division of MoRD has revised the target to 3,685 km, a reduction of only 35 km, while keeping the number of habitations to be connected at 317.
