Quote:IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Ltd. has announced Ceigall India has awarded it a portion of Bhubaneswar Metro’s Phase 1 project’s civil construction work between Trisulia Square – Biju Patnaik Airport.

The scope of this Rs. 302.82 crore subcontract includes part design and construction of 10.97 km Package BBC-05’s viaduct at the northern-end of 26 km Line-1. This is the longest of all 3 main-line civil packages and links KIIT Square and Trisulia Square via 6 elevated stations at Nandan Vihar, Raghunathpur, Nandankanan Zoological Park, Barang Station, Phulapokhari, Trisulia Square.

Its scope also includes a ramp leading to Phulapokhari Depot & Workshop which will be built by M I A Construction under Package BBC-02 on a 16 hectare parcel.

• extension from Trisulia to Cuttack, and
  
• will be at a higher level (over two layered roads) between Jayadev Vihar and Nandan Kanan.
  

Quote:The upcoming Metro train in Odisha will now extend upto Cuttack as against the earlier decision of connecting upto Trishulia. The Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mohapatra informed about the project today.

The Odisha government plans to expand the metro rail project upto Cuttack. A Detailed Project Report (DPR) will be soon prepared for the metro project.  The much awaited metro rail project is scheduled to function from 2027.

A high-level committee has been set up with experts that will conduct surveys for the same. The high level committee is rechecking the DPR to extend upto Cuttack.

Further the road from Jaydev Vihar to Nandankanan will be widened and three-laned. Minister said that the metro will trail on the upper road while the underpass will be for road communication.