Under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, a flagship Central Government scheme for providing connectivity to unconnected habitations, 3,261 roads of the length of 19,277 km and 243 bridges have been sanctioned in Jammu and Kashmir, out of which 1858 roads of length 11,517 km and 84 bridges have been completed. Works for connecting 2,149 eligible unconnected habitations were sanctioned in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir, out of which 1,858 habitations have been connected. In the UT of Ladakh, works for 65 eligible habitations were sanctioned and 64 habitations have been already connected by July 2020, it said. The ministry said that a large number of sanctioned road works could not be started by August 2019, because of non- availability of clearance from the forest department. During last one year, 181 number of road works of length 1,292 km and 11 bridges have been completed, with an expenditure of more than Rs 715 crores.

Source: dna August 18, 2020 01:30 UTC