By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: NABARD has sanctioned RIDF assistance of Rs.951 Crore to the Government of Odisha on 20.01.2022 under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for construction of 176 rural road projects to be implemented by Rural Development Department, Government of Odisha in all the 30 districts of the State.
With this sanction, the cumulative sanction under RIDF XXVII reached a level of Rs.3852 crore for the current financial year and the total cumulative sanctions since inception of RIDF has crossed Rs. 32,000 Crores for Odisha.
The Road projects with a combined length of 1434 km will improve rural road connectivity for 9.92 lakh people in 959 villages.