G.O.(Ms) No.210, Special Roads Programme 2010-11

What the programme does

Government Order G.O.(Ms) No.210 of the Municipal Administration and Water Supply (TP.2) Department responds to extensive road damage in urban local bodies. The document records that roads had been cut for underground sewerage and water supply works, while others had been damaged by rain. It approves the Special Roads Programme 2010-11 at a cost of Rs.1,000 crores and sets guidelines for selecting, approving, funding and carrying out road works.

The programme concerns public roads managed by municipal corporations, municipalities, Grade III municipalities and town panchayats. It does not create a process for acquiring private land. Roads requiring land acquisition cannot be included.

Eligible and priority works

The Special Roads Programme 2010-11 permits:

• Improvement, renovation and relaying of urban roads.
• Related works such as cross drainage, storm water drains and protective structures.
• Relaying of the bituminous layer alone, or construction with at least one water bound macadam layer and a bituminous layer.
• Cement concrete roads.
• Interlocking paver blocks or cement concrete pavement in narrow lanes.

Water bound macadam work alone cannot be proposed.

Priority may be given to:

• Roads damaged by natural calamities.
• Roads damaged while sewer lines, water mains or other infrastructure were installed. These may be considered even if laid within the previous five years, subject to certification by the responsible local body officer and engineer.
• Bus routes and roads important for heritage, pilgrimage or tourism.
• Roads leading to educational institutions, markets or industrial clusters. These categories may be considered only if laid more than five years earlier.

Approval and implementation

Urban local body Commissioners or Executive Officers must submit photographs taken at 200 metre intervals, detailed estimates and a council resolution showing the priority of proposed road works. If priorities are unclear, the listed serial order will be treated as the priority order.

A committee headed by the Principal Secretary to Government, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department scrutinises and approves proposals according to need and available funds. The Director of Municipal Administration and the Director of Town Panchayats issue sanction orders. The urban local body concerned executes the work, following applicable tender and procurement procedures.

Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited releases funds to urban local bodies based on the relevant sanction proceedings. District Collectors, except in Chennai, may monitor and review implementation at district level.