YSRCP ignored AP road repairs, contractor dues, CM Naidu told

Amaravati: In the five years of its rule, neither did the previous YSRCP government fill the potholes nor clear the pending bills of the contractors, the officials of the Roads and Buildings department told chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

In a review meeting held at the State Secretariat here on Friday on the prevailing condition of roads in various parts of the State, the officers informed the CM that the funds allocated for the repair of roads were not spent in the past five years when the YSRCP (Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party) was in power.

‘Rs 300 crores needed to fix roads’

“Since the bills of the contractors, worth crores of rupees, were not cleared, they did not come forward to take up the road repair works. A minimum of Rs 300 crores is needed immediately to fill the potholes on the roads across the State,” the officials informed CM Chandrababu.

The CM conducted the review meeting with the R and B officials and the professors of the IIT on adopting the latest technology for the construction of roads in the State. After hearing the version of the officials, the chief minister directed them to immediately take up the work of filling the potholes and focus mainly on the roads that need urgent repairs.

Chandrababu calls for tenders for road repairs

Chandrababu told the officers to immediately call for tenders for the necessary works and complete the road repairs immediately.

The chief minister said that commuters have faced various problems since the previous government did not bother to take up the repairs of the damaged roads. The officials informed CM Chandrababu that potholes are found on the roads in an extent of 4,151 km and the 2,939-km long roads need immediate attention.

CM Naidu discusses the latest tech to fix roads

The CM discussed with the professors of IIT and SRM University from Tirupati on adopting the latest technology in the construction of quality roads with minimum expenditure.They discussed in detail taking up the works not in the traditional way but by utilising various kinds of material for the construction of roads which can last long, particularly in heavy traffic areas.

The minister for Roads and Buildings, BC Janardhan Reddy, officials of the department, professors, construction experts and others participated in the meeting.