It is that time of the year again. Rainy season is winding down. So it is time to dig up the roads again. About 95 kms of Trichy roads are going to be relaid ( for umpteenth time) under a project funded by a German Dev Bank. Many major roads are going to be part of this project and they will have drains in the side of the roads.
I am not sure whether there is any clause in the contract / tender etc. which stipulates that the roads should have atleast some lifetime which is longer than a year. Until, then Govt construction will always have a boom in TN.
Arghh!!
February 16, 2009 at 7:37 AM
T R Baalu inaugurates 4-lane road in Tiruchy
Express News Service First Published : 16 Feb 2009 01:28:00 AM ISTLast Updated : 16 Feb 2009 10:29:03 AM ISTTIRUCHY: Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T R Baalu inaugurated the Rs.230-crore 31km-long Valikandapuram- Padalur four-lane road near Perambalur here on Sunday.
Baalu said 22 crore people live in rural areas and to help them the government has waived the loan of Rs 65,318 crore. Under Sarva Siksha Abigyan scheme, Rs 71,000 crore has been invested.
Moreover, the government allotted Rs 90,588 crore for the sanitary scheme and Rs 1,74,000 crore for rural sanitary scheme.
Four lakh rural areas were benefited under Bharath Nirman Scheme and 60 lakh houses were constructed.
The gover nment has planned to construct 66,802 houses in rural areas with approach roads and completed 23,633 houses.
Two-lane roads, four-lane roads and six-lane roads were laid over 40,000 km stretch by the National Highways Authority of India by investing Rs 2,35,690 crore.
P N Singh, chief general manager, NHAI, welcomed the gathering.