CM directs officials to dissolve CPA

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday directed the officials to immediately dissolve Capital project Administration CPA He was reviewing the condition of roads in the State capitalTo the poor condition of roads the officials informed that the roads at some places belong to the CPA while most of them are under the jurisdiction of the Public Works Department PWD On this annoyed Chouhan told to immediately dissolve the CPA so that only PWD would be responsible for the condition of roadsChouhan said that four agencies PWD Municipal Corporation CPA and Bhopal Development Authority are doing the road work in Bhopal city Due to the presence of more agencies the work cannot be done quickly There is no need for CPA Capital Project Administration so its work should be terminated immediately Chouhan instructed Chief Secretary Bains to fix agencies for the workChouhan was taking a meeting in Mantralaya on Friday regarding the maintenance of the roads of Bhopal Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains Principal Secretary Neeraj Mandloi Divisional Commissioner Bhopal Kavindra Kiyawat Collector Bhopal Avinash Lavania and others were presentNotably after the formation of Madhya Pradesh in 1956 the CPA was formed on October 01 1960 under the Department of Housing and Environment to develop the city systematically Its approval was given by the Planning Commission Government of India The job of the CPA was to build and maintain the roads of Bhopal cityBesides the construction and maintenance of Pakistan and Government buildings was also the work of the CPADuring the review meeting the officials told Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan that the roads of Bhopal city have been built and maintained by four agencies namely PWD CPA Municipal Corporation and BDA The Chief Minister said that there should not be 4 agencies for the roads of a city Change tradition starting today CPA ends with immediate effect