Patna Apr 21 PTI The Bihar government has blacklisted 91 contractors and debarred 1490 others engaged in construction of rural roads under PMGSY and MMGSY after they failed to complete the projects on time and in some cases for not following terms and conditions of the agreement Rural Works Department RWD Minister Jayant Raj saidThe blacklisted and debarred contractors not only violated the agreement but also ignored the governments repeated request to speed up works related to rural roads under the schemes like Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana PMGSY Mukhya Mantri Gram Sampark Yojana MMGSY and Gramin Tola Sampark Nischay Yojana GTSNY the RWD minister told PTIThese contractors blacklisted 91 and debarred 1490 were registered with the RWD of the state government he said adding that there are around 8000 contractors who are listed with the RWD in the stateThe minister further said Decision to debar and blacklist them was taken on the basis of their performance report pertaining to the projects which they handled in 2021-22 Not completing projects on time itself is a sort of corruption as it causes cost escalation and puts extra financial burden on the exchequer There is no compromise with our Chief Minister Nitish Kumars policy of zero tolerance against corruptionThe department will not give any construction work to the debarred contractors till the expiry of the specified period he said clarifying the debarment order gets automatically revoked on the expiry of the specified periodConstruction of rural roads under PMGSY MMGSY and GTSNY schemes is the top priority of our government The RWD will soon start construction work of fresh 10186 rural roads total length of around 11446 km under these schemes in the state he saidThe rural roads are built according to standards and specifications led down by the Ministry of Rural Development MoRD Government of India in consultation with the Indian Road Congress IRC From the design stage to construction and maintenance stage the roads have to pass through rigorous specifications in terms of geometrics construction materials technical standards and the whole gamut of engineering parameters the minister saidOur government wants to connect villages in the state through all-weather rural roads he said adding around 45672 habitations in the state have been covered under the centrally-sponsored flagship scheme PMGSY and the rest 22450 habitations under various state schemes PTI PKD RG