Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Orissa

CEMENT CONCRETE CEMENT CONCRETE ROADROAD

Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Odisha

Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Orissa

Overview One of the most popular schemes, demand for construction of

Cement Concrete Roads in every village and every hamlet.

Cement Concrete Roads being taken up under various schemes in order to improve the quality of life and hygienic conditions.

Panchayati Raj Department has 171070 Kms of roads under its jurisdiction, which includes over 58560 Kms of internal village roads.

17035 Kms of roads have been converted into Cement Concrete Roads so far.

In the last 6 years, 51512 projects covering 12114 Kms of CC roads have been taken up under major schemes of the department spending a sum of `1162.26 Crore.

Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Orissa

New Scheme – CC Road Considering the large scale demand of CC roads in the

State, the department has launched a dedicated scheme called “Cement Concrete Road”.

A budget provision of ` 100 Crore in the current year.

Focus on construction of CC Road in SC/ST/ PVTG habitations.

A village is entitled to get an amount between `3 to 7 Lakh depending upon its population.

In 2010-11, 1166 nos. of projects were taken up out of this fund.

Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Orissa

CC Road under GGY Gopabandhu Gramin Yojana provides

development assistance to 11 non-BRGF districts.

Budget provision of `148 Crore during the current year only for CC Roads.

A village is entitled to get `3 to 15 Lakh depending upon its population.

31262 nos. of projects have been taken up since inception under this scheme

Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Orissa

CC Road under BRGF BRGF is being implemented in 19 districts of Odisha.

Construction of Cement Concrete Roads is a major activity being taken up under the scheme.

During the current year `128.40 Crore has been earmarked for construction of Cement Concrete Road under BRGF.

The minimum amount given to a village is `2 Lakh.

11001 nos. of projects have been taken up under the scheme so far.

Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Orissa

CC Road under Finance Commission Award

PRIs receives funds under Finance Commission Grant for operation and maintenance of water supply and for improving sanitation in villages.

Construction of CC road with drain is a major activity which is taken up in the villages for improving sanitation.

Funds are available under Basic Grant and Performance Grant with additional allocation for Scheduled Areas.

A Panchayat will get between `2.62 Lakh to 3.20 Lakh depending upon population during the current year.

In 2011-12, ` 200.16 Crore has been allocated for CC Road out of total allocation of ` 404.52 Crore.

Total allocation available with the State in 5 years (2010-11 to 2015-16) for CC road and drain is `1407.44 Crore.

Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Orissa

CC Roads under major schemes (from 2006-07 to 2010-11)

Sl No.

Scheme No of CC road

Length (in Kms)

Expenditure (` in Crore)

1 CC Road 1166 244.42 39.04

2 GGY 31262 5009.57 517.61

3 BRGF 11001 4146.03 376.34

4 FCA 8083 2713.81 229.26

Total 51512 12113.83 1162.27

Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Orissa

Budget : 2011-12

Sl No.

Scheme Total allocation (2011-12)

Current year allocation for CC Road

Released so far

Unspent balance of as on 1st April for CC road

1 CC Road 100.00 100.00 100.00 32.44

2 GGY 165.00 148.00 55.00 67.28

3 BRGF 321.00 128.40 101.00 31.49

4 13th FCA 404.52 200.20 - 45.75

Total 990.52 566.40 256.00 176.96

` in Crore

Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Orissa

Budget : 2011-12 `566.40 Crore approximately is allocated for Cement Concrete

Road during the current year under 4 major schemes.

In addition, the unspent balance for ongoing projects which are

to be spent during the year will be around `176.96 Crore.

A sum of approximately `743.36 Crore are available during

2011-12 under CC Road, GGY, BRGF and FCA.

Approximately 4130 Kms of cement concrete road can be

covered as per the prevailing rates `18.00 Lakh per KM.

Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Orissa

CC Road under other Schemes CC roads are also being constructed under various schemes

belonging to different departments like

1. RLTAP,

2. Biju KBK/ Kandhamal/ Gajapati,

3. MLALAD,

4. MPLAD,

5. WODC,

6. IAP,

7. ITDA Grants,

8. FDR Grant etc. 1. The amount available under these schemes together will also be

substantial.

Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Orissa

CC Road : Standard Specification

DRDAs have been following standard specification of

3 meter width and 7 inch thickness (4” metal and

3” chips cement concrete) for construction of this

road which costs `18.00 Lakh per Km. as per the

prevailing prices.

Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Orissa

Maintenance of CC Road Maintenance of quality for ensuring durability of CC road is a

challenge.

These roads are being constructed either by Gram Panchayat or Blocks under the supervision of Junior Engineers of the Block.

The work is measured by Junior Engineer and check measured by Assistant Engineer.

The quality of material used, maintenance of appropriate thickness & proportion of cement, sand and concrete, maintenance of camber, proper curing are issues with confront us on regular basis.

Close technical supervision is needed to ensure quality.

Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Orissa

Suggestions for ensuring quality1. For better implementation of the schemes all CC Road works

under the schemes ought to be executed by the Villagers/ Village Committee.

2. The technical field staff should have close monitoring over the works from time to time during the period of execution.

3. Senior Officers should have field visits at least once for the work for supervision of the works.

4. Proper Social Audit should have been conducted soon after the execution of the work before payment.

5. Transparency pillar explaining the quantity of material and specification will help.

Panchayati Raj DepartmentGovernment of Orissa