Dimapur, November 24: A State review meeting on the ongoing Prime Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) works phase-VIII of Nagaland was held in the NPWD conference hall, Kohima, where the minister of Roads & Bridges, Y Vikheho Swu attended the meeting and took stock of the progress.
In the meeting, he encouraged the engineers to update themselves with the latest procedures of schemes and new technologies with sincerity. He also deliberated on the fund constraint faced by the State for the development of infrastructure in the State.
In the meeting, it was discussed that the PMGSY Projects of Phase- VIII could not be completed due to the delay in the timely releases of fund from the State finance to the department.
It was also found out that many of the projects were delayed due to the bad condition of link routes and want of bridges on the project sites which amounts to improper or defective DPR preparation. The meeting also discussed about taking up of sixteen upgradation works in eight districts and 13 new connectivity road projects in six districts as per the eligibility criteria from the core network.
There was also proposal for taking up fifty steel bridges on the existing PMGSY roads. The meeting was chaired by Er. Lopongol Angami, SE (Design), while the welcome address was pronounced by Er. Krosu Rhetso, Chief Engineer (R& B).
