India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a 275 million dollar loan agreement to improve rural roads in five States. They are Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal. The loan will construct 3,693 kilometers of all-weather rural roads in the states which will benefit nearly 1,800 rural habitations. The agreement was signed by Nilaya Mitash, Joint Secretary Department of Economic Affairs, on behalf of India and Ms. M. Teresa Kho, Country Director of ADB.