PMGSY topper Odisha falls behind target in road work
BHUBANESWAR: Way behind in its target of rural road construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the State Government has assured the Centre to complete 6,689 km of road against its annual target of 8,200 km by the end of current fiscal.
As the State topped the list at the national-level in rural road construction in 2018-19 by completing 8,151 km against the annual target of 8,000 km, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) gave the highest target for 2019-20.
A recent review of the progress of implementation of PMGSY programme in five States, including Odisha, by MoRD showed that the State has been able to construct 1441.84 km of road by third quarter of the current fiscal, ending December 31, 2019.
