Civic body to develop infrastructure in rural Gaya

GAYA: Gaya Municipal Corporation (GMC) has taken an initiative to connect rural areas with the urban infrastructure including road, drainage and street lights. The initiative has been taken in the wards of GMC, which came into existence in 2007. As per the initiative, Rs 10 to Rs 30 lakh will be given for infrastructure development to the wards falling in rural areas.
“Estimate is being prepared for the wards for infrastructure development like construction of road and drain, installation of street lights and other development initiatives. Ward numbers 1, 27, 29, 30, 47, 46, which came into existence in 2007, include rural localities where infrastructure like town area is needed. Budget allocation to different wards for infrastructure development will be decided according to availability of fund,” municipal commissioner Sawan Kumar said.
Before 2007, GMC had 44 wards, which have been increased to 53 now. In absence of concrete roads and drains, people have to face lot of problem in communication due to waterlogging, especially during the rainy season.
Work has already started in ward number 29. Councilor of ward 29 Rakesh Kumar said, “Major portions of ward number 29 fall in rural area. GMC has sanctioned Rs 50 lakh for construction of roads, lanes and drains in the ward. From the available fund, work on construction of pucca road and drains has started. There is also plan to install street lights.”
As part of the development initiative, work is already going on for widening the KP road in Gaya town, while widening work of GB road has been completed.