The government has taken a massive move to repair all the village roads across the country to develop the communication system as well as to ensure smooth and safe journey for the people. The project aims to minimise cost in vehicular movement and travel times. According to information received, for the lack of proper maintenance, most of the roads in rural got damaged resulting into loses to the government resources.
In this circumstance, the Local Government Division has decided to repair the damaged roads in rural areas across the country to make the communication system better. As part the project, all village roads in 482 upazilas of 64 districts will be improved. It also aims to trade agricultural goods and products easily.
Once it is implemented, it will boost the commercial trade and economy in rural areas across the country. The project also aims to improve the socio-economic management and to create new jobs to reduce poverty rate in the country. The ruling government is determined to make smooth road communications to develop all parts of the country.
An official of LGD told Bangladesh Post that rural road network will improve further once the project is implemented. The rural roads, which have been damaged due to improper maintenance, will be repaired under the scheme, He said, it will minimise transportation cost while productions in farms and non-farm levels in rural areas will be increased.
He, however, said, two another projects are going on for the development of the rural communication and transportation system. The estimated cost of the scheme is at Tk 3516 crore which will come from the government exchequer. The Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) will implement the project by December 2021.
According to the project, the government plans to rehabilitate 4,717km of rural roads, reconstruct 2281km of others roads and also rehabilitate 300km roads, which are less damaged.
