CURATED BY – VIVEK KUMAR MISHRA | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Satna, Collector Anurag Verma has instructed the road and bridge construction departments to complete the ongoing project works in Satna district with quality and within the time limit. These instructions were given in the review meeting of the progressing works of National Highway, State Highway, Bridge Corporation, PMGSY, Public Works and L&T on Thursday.

Officials of the National Highway Authority of India said that at present a two-lane paved shoulder road of 39.34 km length is being constructed on the Satna-Maihar section at a cost of Rs 328 crore. 2 flyovers are also being built in the project. Construction of about 32.64 km road has been completed, which is 81 percent. It was told that the remaining work will be completed by March 2024. The remaining 4.45 km of Satna-Maihar project also includes work on Sohawal to Bela Road. In which the work will be completed by December 2024 after shifting 5 Nos. EHT lines. Collector Anurag Verma instructed the officials to send the proposal for the remaining patch from Satna to Chitrakoot to the government as per the consensus reached in the meeting of Ram Van Path Gaman Trust held last month in Chitrakoot.

Executive Engineer Public Works BR Singh said that 602 km of road work worth Rs 715 crore 24 lakh has been approved in the district. Out of which 314 km road has been constructed so far. In Chitrakoot, a 3 km road has been built from near Pindra to Shabri Fall. General Manager of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak said that work on 13 roads and 8 bridges is going on in the district. The Collector instructed to pay special attention to quality in the construction works of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. MP-SRDC officials said that the construction work of Satna to Amarpatan road will be completed in 2 months. The second project Rewa, Satna, Sidhi ka Jigana, Bharatpur, Bhaisarha Ghat road will be completed by November 2024. The Collector instructed the officials of the Bridge Corporation to complete the final finishing work of Tulsi Bridge of Chitrakoot soon.