Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Works Minister Prithviraj Harichandan attended a meeting on the projects being implemented by the National Highways Authority (NHAI) at Bharat Mandpam, New Delhi.
The meeting was chaired by Union Minister, Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari.
The Chief Secretary of Odisha, ACS, Revenue and Disaster Management and Principal Secretary, Works attended the meeting.
In this meeting, it was agreed that the ongoing projects would be accelerated in coordination with the Odisha government.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has assured that since road construction is the priority of Odisha government, all cooperation will be provided and problems like land acquisition and availability of construction materials will be resolved soon.
(a)Required projects proposed by the CM:
- Bhubaneswar – Puri Length: 60 km
6 lanes along with Service road with an estimated cost of Rs.1800 crore.
- Chandikhol – Barbil
Length – 200 km
Estimated cost is Rs.10,000 crore along with Service Road
- Khurda-Nyagarh (NH-57) length -54 km, 4-lane with service road in the built-up area with an estimated cost of Rs 1100 crore.
- Kesinga-Junagarh (National Highway-26)
Length – 46 km, 4-lane with an estimated cost of Rs. 1000 crore.
All four projects worth Rs15,000 crore were agreed upon and it was decided to prepare DPR for these projects.
(b) Rs.2500 crore has already been sanctioned for two laning of Koraput-Podomari project (National Highway-326) (246 km).
(c) Rs.500 crore has been disbursed this year under the Central Roads and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF). Moreover, funds can also be redeemed after usage.
(d) Similarly, there is a provision of Rs.250 crore under Setu Bandhan Yojana for Odisha state
(e) A DPR of Rs 3400 crore will be submitted for the improvement of national highways in Odisha.
Union Minister, Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi discussed national highway projects in Odisha worth Rs 21,650 crore.
(f) Similarly, on the request of the Chief Minister, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has agreed to further study the feasibility of the following proposals:-
*Spine of Odisha (Atal Expressway) Motu – Tiringi (969 km) passing through 9 districts with estimated project cost. West-East connectivity corridor of Rs15,000 crore
a) Jharsuguda-Balasore (383 km) approximately Rs 7,500 crore
b) Nuapada – Astarang (491 km) approximately Rs 9500 crore
c) Brundababahal – Gopalpur (357 km) approximately Rs 6,800 crores
d) Sambalpur – Satbhaya (404 km) approximately Rs 5477 crores
* Grand Ring Road
a) Berhampur – Jeypore (287 km) around Rs 9000 crore
b) Jeypore – Rourkela (638 km) approximately Rs.2500 crores
c) Rourkela-Jaleswar (391 km) approximately Rs 2200 crore
d) Jaleswar – Berhampur (442 km on National Highway-16)
