Quote:Odisha coastal highway Package 3 gets green clearance
Package 3 from Kakatpur to Erasama was facing stiff opposition from the locals due to the revised alignment.
Published: 28th August 2023 08:14 AM | Last Updated: 28th August 2023 08:14 AM
By Hemant Kumar Rout
Express News Service
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The 346-km coastal highway project, divided into two parts - 176-km Rameshwar (near Tangi) to Ratanpur and 170-km Ratanpur to Digha, was proposed to be constructed in several packages. While the NHAI had invited bids for the construction of the four-lane coastal road between Rameshwar and Ratanpur in three packages after its alignment was changed for the third time, the tenders were cancelled abruptly before the end of the deadline on August 10.
Package 3 from Kakatpur to Erasama was facing stiff opposition from the locals due to the revised alignment. Sources said the highway alignment has been revised again and recommended for environmental clearance. The DPR will be prepared after it gets the green signal.
Quote:Odisha: Rs 8,000 crore coastal highway project revival soon, NHAI sends fresh plan to MoRTH
Sources said, the 346-km coastal highway divided into two parts has been proposed to be constructed in five packages.
Hemant Kumar Rout
Updated on:
13 Jul 2024, 7:47 pm
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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has submitted a fresh detailed project report (DPR) days after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi discussed the pending and new highway projects with Union Roads and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari during his Delhi visit.
Sources said, the 346-km coastal highway divided into two parts has been proposed to be constructed in five packages. The 176-km stretch from Rameshwar (near Tangi) to Ratanpur and 170-km stretch from Ratanpur to Digha will be developed into a four-lane carriageway connecting seven coastal districts of Odisha under Bharatmala Pariyojana.
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Revival plan
Coastal highway to cover 346 km
Rameshwar to Ratanpur 176 km
Ratanpur to Digha 170 km
Entire stretch will be a four-lane carriageway
Fresh alignment to ensure close proximity to seashore
12-31-2024, 11:54 AM (This post was last modified: 12-31-2024, 11:59 AM by Chitta.)
See below.
The part between Dhamara and Basudevpur is covered by Port connectivity segments: Dhamara-Basudevpur-Jamujhadi.
Jamujhadi is a point in the Goldent quadrilateral. See https://x.com/OdishaIndex24x7/status/187...3221714973
Quote:BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha coastal highway aimed at providing an alternative parallel carriageway and decongesting Chennai-Kolkata NH-16 is set to become a reality almost a decade after it was conceived.
... with the revised alignment by shortening the distance from 451 km to 346 km and skipping the eco-sensitive areas in Chilika, Balukhand wildlife sanctuary and Bhitarkanika national park, the issues seem to have been sorted out.
Sources said, the four-lane coastal highway will be constructed in two sections - from Rameswar to Ratanpur and Ratanpur to Digha. Along with this, another 67-km highway will also be built to connect the coastal highway at Dhamra with NH-16 at Jamujhadi. The 413-km project in three sections, part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana under the Centre’s ‘Purvodaya’ vision, will be built at an estimated cost of Rs 23,882 crore.
The NHAI has already floated tenders for the 163-km section-1 from Rameswar to Ratanpur to be built at a cost of Rs 7,040.43 crore on hybrid annuity mode in four packages. The stretch will pass through Tangi, Bramhagiri, Puri, Konark, Astarang, Naugaon and Paradip covering four districts - Khurda, Puri, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur.
While the bid has been notified for the 47.3 km phase-1 from Rameswar to Puri to be built at a cost of Rs 1,875.9 crore, the 42 km phase-2 from Puri to Kakatpur will be constructed at a cost of Rs 1,592.95 crore. Similarly, the 47.6 km phase-3 from Kakatpur to Ersama will be built at Rs 2,201.17 crore and the rest 26.2 km from Erasama to Ratanpur (Paradip) will be constructed at Rs 1,370.41 crore.
... The bids will be opened on February 28, he said.
... Sources said 734.4 hectares of land, including private, government and forest land, will be acquired in 183 villages for the section 1 of the project. So far, land acquisition notification has been issued for 75 per cent of the land.
