11-24-2024, 07:22 PM
Following are excerpts from https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/...-in-odisha
Quote:BHUBANESWAR: At least 18 projects including two proposed highways of Odisha were evaluated and approved at the Network Planning Group (NPG) meeting under the PM GatiShakti initiative at New Delhi on Friday.
The projects include Sambalpur Ring Road and Cuttack-Paradip corridor. With this, a total of six highway projects of the state have been accorded in-principle approval in a month.
The four-lane Sambalpur Ring Road project measuring around 35.38 km ... will be constructed at a cost of Rs 1,333 crore and the work is expected to begin soon.
Similarly, the four-lane Cuttack-Paradip corridor spanning 86.79 km ...
Last month, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had approved four highway projects worth Rs 15,000 crore proposed by the state government.
The approved projects are
The state government has also submitted proposals for four more national highway projects.
- six-lane 60-km Bhubaneswar-Puri highway at an estimated cost of Rs 1,800 crore,
- 200-km Chandikhole-Barbil at Rs 10,000 crore,
- four-lane 54-km Khurda-Nayagarh NH-57 at Rs 1,100 crore and
- four-lane 46-km Kesinga-Junagarh NH-26 at Rs 1,000 crore.
- The 383-km Jharsuguda-Balasore highway at an estimated cost of Rs 7,500 crore,
- 491-km Nuapada-Astaranga highway at Rs 9,500 crore,
- 357-km Brundababahal-Gopalpur highway at Rs 6,800 crore and
- 404-km Sambalpur-Satabhaya highway at Rs 5,477 crore, are awaiting the approval of the Centre.