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Odisha government is making preparations to formulate a special policy to strengthen road communication, remove construction-related huddles and construct roads in the State.
A review meeting under the chairmanship of Minister of Law, Works and Excise Prithiviraj Harichandan was held in this regard at the Loka Seva Bhavan in BhubaneswarBhubaneswar on Saturday.
As per reports, emphasis was given to formulating a policy in this regard keeping the next 50 years in view. Moreover, the decision has been made to create a corpus fund for the repair work of old roads.
It was also decided in the meeting that permanent roads will be constructed in the villages with 100 residents by 2029 across the State. Fines will be collected from the persons digging roads without taking permission from the administration.
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The Minister directed the officials to prepare a database about the state of the roads and create a road map for solving the traffic-related issues in the State in the coming days. The Minister further ordered to formulate a policy considering the necessity to construct new roads, repair work of old roads, construct bridges, and acquire private lands and forest lands in the State in future.
It was also decided in the meeting to create a special corpus fund for quality construction of roads and maintenance work by using less raw and waste materials like plastic. Moreover, a decision has been made to collect fines from various organisations who are digging roads at different places without getting permission from the government.
