Gwalior, 3 October (). Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia held a high -level meeting to review the development works of the district at the Collectorate on the second day of his three -day Gwalior tour.
In -charge Minister Tulsiram Silavat, Energy Minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar, MLA and District Administration officials were present in the meeting. However, Gwalior MP Bharat Singh Kushwaha did not attend this review meeting.
When Scindia was asked about this, he said, “Ask Bharat Singh Kushwaha on this subject why he did not come.”
In the meeting, there was a thorough discussion on major issues like Gwalior’s bad traffic system, roads, sewage, drainage, availability of water and elevated road.
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, particularly emphasized analysis of 369 roads in the district, which is classified into green (good condition), yellow (requirement of repair) and red (poor position) categories. He said that out of a total of 369 roads, 63 yellow and 171 are in red category, which requires to work on 234 roads.
Jyotiraditya Scindia said that 37 of these roads are under the guarantee period, which will have to be repaired by the builder. Money has been allocated for 89 roads, due to which the work of a total of 126 roads has started. The remaining 108 roads are facing various problems. In addition, 37 other roads are divided into three parts, out of which 31 roads fall under the Municipal Corporation. Of these, 10 roads have been completed, while the work of 21 roads is expected to be completed by November 10.
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia thanked the district administration for the analysis of roads and said that these issues will be discussed in detail in the next meeting. He gave clear instructions to the authorities for construction and repair of roads.
He said that we had a detailed discussion on our five issues for about 3 to 3.5 hours. All the public representatives including our mayor, all our MLAs and all the ministers were present. This was a very meaningful discussion on various issues. We are committed to the development of Gwalior.
The meeting also emphasized on improving the traffic system and strengthening the infrastructure. When reporters raised questions related to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Scindia postponed the question.
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