Question : REPAIRING OF ROADS AND BRIDGES

(a) whether the Government has received any request from Orissa State in regard to construction and repair of roads/National Highways and bridges;

(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the names of roads and bridges in regard to which requests have been received;

(c) the action taken by the Government thereon indicating the number of proposals approved and rejected separately alongwith the reasons for rejection of the proposals; and

(d) the details of the proposals on which work has been started alongwith the amount of funds allocated in this regard so far?

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI R.P.N.SINGH)

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) & (c) Total 81 proposals have been received from the State of Orissa for construction and repair of roads/National Highways and bridges. The details are enclosed at annexure. Out of this, 4 proposal have already been sanctioned and 2 proposals have been returned unapproved as one of the proposals is not in the approved list, and the other one has been returned to avoid duplicity with project included under National Highway Development Project (NHDP).

(d) None of the above works have been started at site. Funds are allocated state wise and not project wise.