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New technology for building roads in Arunachal demanded

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Press Trust of India Itanagar

"New technology roads are the need of the hour which can help us deal with the deteriorating condition of the roads ... Arunachal Pradesh needs an extensive network of new roads besides improving and upgrading existing ones," she said yesterday.

The state, she said, should follow Assam which has adopted green technology and constructed all weather roads.

Since the inception of the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the state, a total of 350 habitations have been cleared for connecting with an all-weather road measuring 4,363 km of road length till 2012-13.

Against this, the state has connected 298 habitations measuring 3,419 km of road length but maintenance has been a major issue for the authorities, official sources said.

 

  

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First Published: Nov 29 2012 | 5:15 PM IST

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