PWD's Madhe Ghat road work stalled by inadequate funds

Updated On: 27 November, 2013 06:59 AM IST | | Prpriyanka Deshpande

Officials of Public Works Department (PWD) of Pune circle have waited an entire year in the hope that they would get the remaining amount of the proposed Rs. 148 crore from the state government, to build a 13-km stretch connecting Kelaad village in Velha Taluka to Madhe Ghat, as a new tourist destination

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PWD's Madhe Ghat road work stalled by inadequate funds

In the last year, the state government has only sanctioned the initial amount of Rs. 2 crore out of the total cost of Rs. 150 crore. The paltry sum received is not even enough to start the initial developmental work of the road, PWD officials say.

“The road connecting Kelaad village and the table land of Madhe Ghat is completely patchy. Not only this; huge rocky walls present in the ghat need rigorous excavation. To start this work, the amount of Rs. 2 crore is insufficient,” said superintendent engineer of PWD of Pune circle, DG Malekar.