World Bank to extend Rs 1,875 crore loan to Haryana

World Bank will extend a loan of Rs 1,875 crore to Haryana for repairing and improving roads in the state, public works department minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav said here on Friday. The state government had requested the department of economic affairs to seek the assistance of the World Bank for repair and improvement of roads in the state through the Haryana State Roads Improvement Project.
    
The minister said that in the first phase about 300 km of roads will be improved. The project covers 4,000 km length of state roads comprising state highways and major district roads in the non-NCR districts of Haryana. Yadav said a study submitted by the consultant in December, 2008 had identified 1,589 km roads, out of which 1,290 km comprised of state highways and the rest of major district roads.