To maintain the prioritised 24,246 km of rural black-topped roads in motorable condition, the Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) has come up with ‘Chief Minister Grameena Sumarga’ project. Of the 56,325 km of rural black-topped roads in the State, 24,246 km have been identified as priority village roads. “While Karnataka has done well in extending rural road connectivity, we will also excel in giving greater priority for assured maintenance of priority rural roads. This will also ensure improvement of rural living conditions, investment in rural areas, and overall social economic development of rural Karnataka,” the Minister said. Although the Centre has come up with Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for repairing rural roads and providing rural connectivity, Karnataka has not got any funds under this scheme as it had already provided rural connectivity using State funds.

Source: The Hindu June 14, 2019 19:30 UTC