Orissa State Rural Road

  Agency (OSRRA)

Orissa State Water & Sanitation Mission

  
RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Rural Development Department is in charge of construction and maintenance of Rural Roads and bridges, Buildings and Rural Water Supply & Sanitation. Two organizations namely Rural Works (RW) Organisation and Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) Organisation are functioning under the Department. During the year 2008-09, Sector-wise proposal under State Plan for implementing various schemes/ programmes has been summarized below.

1. STATE PLAN
(A) Rural works Organisation                           Rs.9150.00 lakh

                  i) PMGSY                                     Rs. 505.00 lakh                                                      

                                                         Total (A) Rs.9655.00 lakh

(B) Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Organisation
                  i) Rural Water Supply                   Rs.16300.00 lakh

                 (Out of this, Rs.1 crore meant for Jaldhara)

                ii) Rural Sanitation                            Rs. 2000.00 lakh
                                                        Total (B) Rs.18300.00lakh
                                                         Total State Plan(A+B) Rs.27955.00 lakh

A. Rural Works Organisation

The development and maintenance of an extensive road network is the prerequisite for all round development of the State. Since sizable population lives in villages, the road connectivity plays a vital role in socio-economic development of the people. The development of agriculture, small-scale cottage industries, extension of public distribution network, improved access to health care and education are to a large extent dependant upon stable all-weather road communication. Above all, good roads improve accessibility of the rural population to markets and facilitate better delivery of services. Therefore, the govt. strategy in this sector is to provide all-weather road to rural habitations.

According to estimates available with the planning commission, only 40% of the approximately 50000 villages in Orissa have all-weather connectivity as compared to the national average of 60%. The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was conceived as a centrally sponsored programme to overcome this vital deficiency. This programme has commenced from 2000-01 and is continuing. Further, the PMGSY covers only small cross drainage works up to a maximum of 25m. span. So other element such as major bridges shall have to be taken up with funding from other sources such as NABARD, etc. Under PMGSY, Govt. of India releases 100% assistance in the form of grant directly to "Orissa State Rural Road Agency (OSRRA)" and it is not routed through State budget.

A total outlay Rs.9150.00 lakh has been proposed under the roads & bridges sector of Rural Works Organisation. Schemes to be implemented are as follows.

A sum of Rs.7100.00 lakh has been proposed in the year 2008-09 for taking up construction of 101 nos. of bridges & 16 nos. of roads project under NABARD.

CWA (Constituency Wise Allotment) (Rs.1450.00 lakh)

Rs.10.00 lakh has been provided for each Assembly constituency (except two constituency) in the Budget for the year 2008-09.

Rs.50.00 Lakh has been proposed for survey and investigation and preparation of detailed project Report for execution of bridges and roads for the year 2008-09.

Bridges are being taken up without proper investigation after getting a token provision. This results in major design changes at the time of construction resulting in cost escalation. In order to over-come this problem, a two-stage clearance has been introduced for survey and investigation. To carryon this activity, provision of Rs.20.00 lakh has been proposed for the year 2008-09.

A sum of Rs.20.00 lakh has been proposed for the year 2008-09 towards land acquisition for different rural roads & bridges.

After settlement of the Court cases, Govt. needs to pay decretal dues as and when necessary. Provision of Rs.10.00 lakh has been proposed for the year 2008-09.

Rs. 5.00 lakh has been proposed for technical training of engineering personnel for the year 2008-09.

A sum of Rs. 5.00 lakh has been proposed for the year 2008-09 toward repair and maintenance of PMGSY roads, Constructed during 1^st & 2^nd phase.

For construction of Newly created Office Buildings for different offices of Rural Works Organization, provision of Rs. 90.00 lakh has been proposed for the year 2008-09.

Rs.400.00 lakh has been proposed for the year 2008-09 to complete of incomplete works in KBK Dist. Under RLTAP Scheme.

The availability of safe drinking water plays a pivotal role in the health and well being of the people. The rural water supply and sanitation organization, which is functioning under the Rural Development Department, primarily aims at providing safe drinking water to the rural people of the State. As this organization has fully covered 1,14,099 earlier identified habitations of the State, the thrust is now to augment & maintain the water supply system in the State, promote sustainability of sources and to maintain the quality of service. Since PMGY has been discontinued, State liability has increased considerably to fund this Sector. In addition, Govt. of India is also providing funds under Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme under Centrally sponsored Plan.

Programme for installation of spot sources (Normal Programme)
An amount of Rs.2310.00 lakhs under State Plan & Rs.1971.00 lakhs under CSP is provided for installation of Spot sources in Not Covered, Slipped to Not Covered, Partially Covered habitations, residential SC/ST Girl’s Hostels and schools of the State.

SP: Rs.2310.00 Lakhs
CSP: Rs 1971.00 Lakhs

Rural Piped Water Supply

Rs.7761.60 lakhs under State Plan and Rs.27383.26 lakh under CSP is provided for Rural Piped Water Supply Schemes including schemes under Sub-Mission programme to cover quality affected habitations of the State.

The quality affected habitations are taken up under Sub-Mission Scheme with a 75:25 share by Central and State Government.

SP: Rs.7761.60 Lakhs

CSP: Rs. 27383.26 Lakhs

Sustainability measures

As per GOI guidelines this office recharges the groundwater. For improvement of traditional sources a provision of Rs.800.00 lakhs under State Plan and Rs. 1500.00 lakhs under CSP has been made.

SP: Rs.800.00 Lakhs

CSP: Rs.1500.00 Lakhs

Machineries & Equipments

An amount of Rs.491.43 lakhs under SP and Rs.350.00 lakhs under CSP has been provided towards the wage of vehicle drivers, Rig crews and staff of Hydro fracturing units, procurement and repair of vehicles, Rigs, Compressors, Hydro fracturing Unit etc. and their running and maintenance cost thereof.

SP: Rs.491.43 Lakhs

CSP: Rs.350.00 Lakhs

An amount of Rs.2033.83 lakhs has been provided under SP towards salaries and allowances of regular staff of CE, SE & EE establishments.

Electrical Dues

An amount of Rs.50.00 lakhs has been made for the energy charges of various Non-residential buildings of the organization.

SP: Rs. 50.00 Lakhs

CSP: Rs. 0.00 Lakhs

Advertisement & Publicity

An outlay of Rs.1.00 lakh has been kept to meet the expenses an account of Publication of various advertisements & tenders of this organization.

SP: Rs. 1.00 Lakhs

CSP: Rs. 0.00 Lakhs

An amount of Rs.100.00 lakhs under SP and Rs.500.00 Lakhs under CSP have been kept for Survey & Investigation to find out the safe water sources in different areas of the State.

SP: Rs. 100.00 Lakhs

CSP: Rs. 500.00 Lakhs

An out lay of Rs.10.00 lakh has been kept to meet the expenses of obsequies of any staff of this organization.                                                                                                         SP: Rs. 10.00 Lakhs

CSP: Rs. 0.00 Lakhs

An amount of Rs.1474.50 lakhs under SP and 2682.10 lakhs under CSP have been provided to meet the wages of workers, Critical and renovation of different Rural Piped Water Supply Schemes, Major repair of Tube wells including Spare parts required for the purpose along with repair and maintenance of Residential and Non-residential buildings of this organization.

SP: Rs. 1474.50 Lakhs

CSP: Rs. 2682.10 Lakhs

An outlay of Rs.11.64 lakhs under SP has been provided towards expenses of monitoring & Investigation units of Chief Engineer establishment.

SP: Rs. 11.64 Lakhs

CSP: Rs. 0.00 Lakhs

An amount of Rs. 36.00 lakhs under SP have been provided for procurement of new computers and its related accessories along with its repair and maintenance to strengthen the MIS cell of this organization.

An outlay of Rs. 640.00 lakhs under Sp has been provided for construction of different new office buildings of Chief Engineer, Executive Engineer, Asst. Engineer & Jr. Engineer of this organization.

An amount of Rs.430.00 lakhs under SP has been kept in the budget for construction of residential buildings of Executive Engineer, Asst. Engineer & Jr. Engineer of this organization.

An outlay of Rs.150.00 lakhs under SP and Rs.250.00 lakhs under CSP have been provided to strengthen the laboratory infrastructure of this organization.

In order to address the Rural Sanitary needs through community empowerment, the centrally sponsored "Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC)" is being implemented in all the 30 districts of the State. The entire operation under this campaign is being looked after by "Orissa State Water & Sanitation Mission" of R.D. Department and the District Water and Sanitation Mission. Government of India directly releases funds to the missions without being routed through State Govt. budget and the State Govt. releases funds to the missions after making appropriate provision in its budget. In the Annual Plan for the year 2008-09, an amount of Rs. 2000.00 lakhs has been provided as state share.

Out of the total allocation of Rs.627.83 (SP-Rs.279.50 crore + CSP-Rs.348.33 crore), Rs.574.12 crore (SP-Rs.231.66 crore+CSP-Rs.342.46 crore) is meant for district sector. The details are enclosed in the annexure.