Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed officers of the rural development department to construct 800 bridges under the Biju Setu Jojana programme over the next four years to improve the rural road connectivity in the state.
Reviewing the performance of the department, the CM fixed a target of 200 bridges over rivers and nallahs per year. He also wanted the rural development department to take up at least three road construction works in each assembly constituency under the ‘'Mukhya Mantri Sadak Yojana'’ to connect villages with 100 or more population to meet the ambitious target of the state government to lay 20,000 km of road to connect 7535 habitats.