BJP must tread tight fiscal path to fulfill poll promises in Uttarakhand

Providing 24*7 power appears doable but road connectivity to every village seems challenging

Ishan Bakshi & Sahil Makkar  |  New Delhi 

Going into the Uttarakhand state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) manifesto made a bunch of promises. From road connectivity to all villages by 2019, to round-the-clock power supply to filling all government vacancies in the first six months of coming to power. A closer look at some of these main promises suggests that while some are doable, others might prove difficult to fulfill. Take rural roads. The BJP has promised constructing one to every village by 2019. From the record, a daunting task. In 2016-17, against a sanctioned road length of 1,664 km in the state ...

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BJP must tread tight fiscal path to fulfill poll promises in Uttarakhand

Providing 24*7 power appears doable but road connectivity to every village seems challenging

Going into the Uttarakhand state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) manifesto made a bunch of promises. From road connectivity to all villages by 2019, to round-the-clock power supply to filling all government vacancies in the first six months of coming to power. A closer look at some of these main promises suggests that while some are doable, others might prove difficult to fulfill. Take rural roads. The BJP has promised constructing one to every village by 2019. From the record, a daunting task. In 2016-17, against a sanctioned road length of 1,664 km in the state under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), only 47 km have been completed. Since 2001, against a total road length sanctioned of 8,096 km, only 5,838 km has been built. According to the data put out by the rural works department of the state, of 91.9 km sanctioned in April 2015, only 4.1 km was completed; another 19.3 km was under construction. "Constructing roads in hilly areas is difficult. Permission .. Going into the Uttarakhand state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) manifesto made a bunch of promises. From road connectivity to all villages by 2019, to round-the-clock power supply to filling all government vacancies in the first six months of coming to power. A closer look at some of these main promises suggests that while some are doable, others might prove difficult to fulfill. Take rural roads. The BJP has promised constructing one to every village by 2019. From the record, a daunting task. In 2016-17, against a sanctioned road length of 1,664 km in the state ... image
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