The work on 214 roads approved under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana in Sirmaur district has been completed while the work on the remaining 38 roads is in the advanced stage of completion. As many as 252 roads have been approved under the Central scheme and Rs 682 crore spent on them, said Shimla MP Suresh Kashyap while speaking at the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav organised by the Public Works Department (PWD) at Nahan today.
Kashyap said that Rs 170 crore was being spent to complete the work on 38 roads. Under the Central scheme, 1,674 km of roads had been being constructed in Sirmaur district. As many as 274 habitations would be provided road connectivity under the scheme while 272 habitations had already been provided connectivity.
