The state government in Bihar launched the construction of 853 roads and 60 bridges at a cost of ₹1,959.03 crore of which the chief minister has laid the foundation stones for 2,096 rural roads and 45 bridges entailing an investment of ₹1097 crore. The CM said that the state government has plans to connect all villages, hamlets and habitations with pucca roads and the construction work of rural roads has been expedited by the department. A village having a population of 500 will be connected with pucca road under Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana while hamlets and habitations having 250 to 500 people will be connected with pucca road under Mukhya Mantri Gram Sampark Yojana. As per the figures which were made available, of the 1,29,209 hamlets, 72,314 hamlets have been provided with road connectivity while work is on to provide connectivity to the remaining hamlets. Referring to the third Agriculture Roadmap for 2017-22, the chief minister said that construction of rural roads have been made part of the roadmap. If every village gets road connectivity, farmers will easily send their produce to the market which will help them get fair price for their produce improving their socio-economic conditions.
