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New Delhi, Aug 21: The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Paban Singh Ghatowar has said that funds for Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North East (SARDP-NE) are allotted by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for entire programme, which are not State/Project-wise. Allocation and expenditure of funds, under SARDP-NE, during last and current year is given below:
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today he said, pace of road construction is adversely affected due to rainfall, landslides and other such natural phenomenon but it is not possible to quantify affect of these on road construction activity.
He said, in order to accelerate construction of roads under SARDP-NE, periodical review of projects with executing agencies is being taken regularly. Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has been instructed to switch over to execution of roads construction, through Contract from current practice of Departmental Execution, since BRO was failing to meet time schedules of road construction.
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