<p>"It is true that the condition of highways is not good in some parts. This year we had excess rains," Nath said replying to supplementaries during Question Hour.<br /><br />He said his ministry has written to the Finance Ministry for increased allocation for maintenance and repair of highways.<br /><br />"We hope that the Finance Minister will agree to our proposal," Nath said.<br /><br />To a specific question on repair of highways passing through Madhya Pradesh, he said the work would begin later this week.<br /><br />Nath also faced some tough questions from members on the target set by his ministry to build 20 km road per day.<br /><br />BJP member Yashwant Sinha sought to know from Nath whether the processes of due diligence was done before setting the stiff target.<br /><br />Nath asserted that he never said the ministry would achieve the target immediately. "It is impossible to build 20 km of road per day in the current circumstances," he said.<br /><br />He also said that to achieve the target, the ministry needed to build 7,000 km roads every year.<br /><br />"Right now, projects for laying 14,704 kms of road was under implementation and this year we hope to add between 8,000-10,000 km," he said.<br /><br />"We will be able to move towards achieving the 20 km per day target after one year," Nath said.<br /><br />He said the target achieved on an average from June 2009 to September 2010 was 12.01 km per day.</p>
<p>"It is true that the condition of highways is not good in some parts. This year we had excess rains," Nath said replying to supplementaries during Question Hour.<br /><br />He said his ministry has written to the Finance Ministry for increased allocation for maintenance and repair of highways.<br /><br />"We hope that the Finance Minister will agree to our proposal," Nath said.<br /><br />To a specific question on repair of highways passing through Madhya Pradesh, he said the work would begin later this week.<br /><br />Nath also faced some tough questions from members on the target set by his ministry to build 20 km road per day.<br /><br />BJP member Yashwant Sinha sought to know from Nath whether the processes of due diligence was done before setting the stiff target.<br /><br />Nath asserted that he never said the ministry would achieve the target immediately. "It is impossible to build 20 km of road per day in the current circumstances," he said.<br /><br />He also said that to achieve the target, the ministry needed to build 7,000 km roads every year.<br /><br />"Right now, projects for laying 14,704 kms of road was under implementation and this year we hope to add between 8,000-10,000 km," he said.<br /><br />"We will be able to move towards achieving the 20 km per day target after one year," Nath said.<br /><br />He said the target achieved on an average from June 2009 to September 2010 was 12.01 km per day.</p>