In Phase-I, proposals for development of 8,910-km state highways (SHs) and Major District Roads (MDRs) have been finalised in consultation with the Planning Commission to be built on PPP mode with 29 packages (investors), Khan told a special meeting after inaugurating a PPP Division office here.
For proper planning, monitoring and execution of these works a dedicated PPP division has been created with 34 senior engineers and officers, he said.
Khan clarified that there was no reason to be wary of toll tax on national and state highways as the roads built on PPP model needed recurring maintenance and better facilities on highways for which only nine per cent vehicle owners out of 1.20 crore vehicles registered in Rajasthan will be levied.
Rajasthan will emerge as a model state in the country for building roads on PPP mode, he claimed.
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The PWD will also undertake road constructions in over 3,000 villages under "Gaurav Gram Path" yojna on PPP mode, he said, adding the tender would be floated early next month.
The PWD was working on the 163-km stretch of Jaipur-Delhi National Highway, and it would be completed by March 2015.
Earlier speaking on the occasion, PWD Principal Secretary D B Gupta said of 1.95 lakh kms of roads, PWD was maintaining about 1.25 lakh kms in cities, and on the state highways. About 70 private investors have approached the department to work on PPP mode for road construction so far, Gupta said.