AMN /
India today signed 273 Million dollar loan agreement with Asian Development Bank in New Delhi for improving rural roads in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.
Finance Ministry in a release said, the loan will help in constructing over six thousand kilometers of all-weather rural roads in these states and will benefit over 4200 rural habitations.
This is the third and last tranche, of 800 million dollar financing facility under the Rural Connectivity Investment Programme.
The Ministry said, the program has supported the Government’s objectives under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
The enhanced connectivity will improve access of rural communities to markets, district headquarters, health and education facilities, and other centers of economic activity.