Cabinet okays setting up of state highways authority

July 8, 2014

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BIKANER: The state cabinet on Monday gave a go-ahead to the constitution of Rajasthan State Highways Authority, among several other proposals.

Parliamentary affairs minister Rajendra Rathore said the authority would undertake work of 20,000 km in the state. “It will develop the state highways and also the East-West mega corridor in the state. The authority will also hand over the maintenance of one lakh km roads in rural areas on a contract-basis for the next eight years,” he added. The cabinet, with a long agenda compromising several proposals related to the four districts of the Bikaner division met on Monday, which was the last day of its 11-day camp in the division. The entire cabinet headed by Raje was camping here since June 19 as part ofthe government’s `Sarkar Aapke Dwar’ programme.

It also gave green signal to the Rajasthan Bovine Animal (prohibition of slaughter and regulation of temporary migration or export) Bill, 2014, following which smuggling and slaughtering of camel will be banned.

Source-http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

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