<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra Public Works Department Minister Ashok Chavan has that said roads in the state are in bad condition and a grid of such roads would be formed to carry out repairs. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He was replying to a debate on supplementary demands at State Assembly yesterday. He said that funds for the grid of roads to be taken up for repairs will be raised through the Asian Development Bank.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Mr Chavan said that a package of 5,000 core rupees for road development will be released with ADB assistance. He also told the house that construction of roads under the National Highway Authority of India had stopped since the last one-and-half years.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> He informed that he would meet Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari in this regard. Mr Chavan added that instead of taking up new projects, priority will be given to complete pending works. He also said the coastal road in the state's Konkan region will be expedited.</span>