The Assam Public Works Roads Department was established during the pre-independence year of 1880. Initially, it had the responsibility of development, construction, and maintenance work for all public infrastructure. In the year 1956 the Embankment and Drainage (E&D) was separated out and established as an independent Department. Thereafter, the Irrigation Department and Public Health Engineering Department has also separated out. Since then, Assam PWD has undergone considerable changes. To ensure efficient functioning, distribution of the increasing workload and to provide more focus on the development works, Assam PWD was further bifurcated into Public Works Roads Department and Public Works Building & NH Department in the year 2010.

The Public Works Roads Department is mandated to manage the road network of the State, which involves development and maintenance of the state road network. The state road network comprises of the state highways, major district roads, urban roads and the rural roads. The management of the road network includes managing the works executed through contractors. The works are taken up under different schemes and projects from various sources of funding including the state budgetary resources, central government schemes, externally aided projects, deposit works, etc. In addition to construction of regular road works for providing connectivity and transportation needs, the Department also undertakes flood restoration works and landslide works for restoration of damages caused by disasters. The Department also undertakes road safety improvement works to reduce road accidents.

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