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In
the year 1995-96 ,Govt. of India created a Rural
Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) with NABARD for providing funds on loan
basis to State Govt. for creating durable assets
in rural area of the country .However ,during
the first year impetus remained on agriculture,
horticulture ,minor and medium irrigation
sectors. From 1996-97 ,Road and Bridge sector
was also included in this scheme under RIDF-II
onwards. Various Road and Bridge projects have been sanctioned from RIDF-II to VIII (from
year 1996-97 to 2002-03).
It was decided by
the Govt. of Himachal Pradesh only during the
year 2003 to involve the priority works of Hon'ble MLA's of the State
in view of their active participation in the
development of respective constituencies under RIDF-IX and
onwards. Thereafter HP.PWD.started preparing Detailed Project Reports for
the works prioritized by Hon'ble MLA's and on
the norms and criteria
fixed by National Bank of Agricultural and Rural
Development . A total of 935 Roads & Bridge projects have been sanctioned
from II to XV up to 31/03/2010.
During 2009-10, DPRs
of 400.00 crores shall be posed to NABARD and
target of
Rs.300.00 crore loan sanctioned by NABARD. The
target of reimbursement for 2010, has been fixed as Rs.100.00 crore.The 144 No. schemes of
Rs. 378.06 crore have been Sanctioned by the NABARD upto 31/03/2010.
During the year 2009-10 an
expenditure of Rs.160.98 Crore has been incurred upto
31-03-2010
The DPR's in respect
of Rural Roads & Bridges are prepared after a
thorough and
exhaustive siteinvestigation / Surevey etc. ,and
forwarded to the Planning Department of the Govt.The Projects are prioritized in terms
of financial viability and resource capacity and submits to NABARD for its sanction . sanction.NABARD authority after scrutiny and
field
appraisal conveys its sanction to the State
Government .
It is mentioned that
NABARD offers Loan Assistance to Rural Road
/Bridges only.Rural Roads include village roads ,other
District roads and major District roads (connecting villages/ growth center to marketing centers) .
Road transport has been termed as a defacto
barometer of a regions socio -economic progress
in terms of Agricultural productions .The
projects are required to be constructed with
technical specifications and quality as
prescribed
in IRC-SP-20.
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