The Chief Minister held a review of the R&B and Panchayati Raj departments at the Secretariat on Friday evening. CM Revanth Reddy made several key comments regarding rural roads. The width of single-lane and double-lane roads has been decided in accordance with the movement of bullock carts, bicycles and motorcycles in the past.
Now, cars, tractors and other four-wheeled vehicles are moving on the roads even in remote villages. Hence, the dimensions of the roads should be redefined to facilitate the increasing vehicular movement in the villages, the Chief Minister said in the meeting.
The Chief Minister emphasized that the roads should be constructed in a way that the vehicles can move freely without any hurdles. Even though Tandas and Gudems have been upgraded as Panchayats, the construction of roads and panchayat school buildings are neglected. CM Revanth Reddy ordered that every panchayat in the state should have a BT road and there should be no panchayat without a BT road.
The Chief Minister also ordered the officials to develop a single road network between the villages and mandals and double roads from the mandals to the district headquarters. Repairs should also be started immediately on potholed roads in rural areas, the CM said, pointing out that different methods were adopted in the construction standards of Panchayat Raj and R&B roads.
Roads under the two departments should be built with the same quality standards, the CM said that the Motorists did not differentiate whether they are travelling on Panchayat Raj roads or R&B roads and the only thing is how they travel on the road. The CM also suggested that a road network should be developed even for the villages in the forest areas.
