Raje pushes for more funds from Centre for national highways in Rajasthan

JAIPUR: Chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Friday pushed for allocation of adequate funds for maintenance of national highways in the state, which are presently being maintained by the state.
In a meeting with the Union minister for road transport and national highways Nitin Gadkari, the chief minister brought to his notice that certain roads in the state were not being maintained by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and that the state government was forced to use its resources for their upkeep.
Raje said that the Uniara-Nainwa-Gulabpura-Shahpura (NH 148D), Ooncha-Nangla-Dhaulpur (NH 132), Manoharpur-Dausa-Lalsot (NH 11A and extension) etc are among the sections on which the state government carried out maintenance works. She demanded for reimbursement of the expenditure incurred by the state under this head.
She informed him that condition of the NH roads was not good, which was causing inconvenience in smooth passage of vehicular traffic. She informed that during 2014-15 against the demand of Rs 75 crore, only Rs 14.87 crore was allotted. Therefore, she asked for allocation of more funds under this head during the year 2015-16. She also requested Gadkari for early approval of a four-lane road project worth Rs 621.43 crore at Kota-Darra section.
Raje also met minister of state with independent charge for power, coal and new & renewable energy Piyush Goyal and discussed the power situation in the state.