Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Revenue and Disaster Management Satyabrata Sahu has asked concerned officials to expedite the Capital Region Ring Road (CRRR) project.
The project will be implemented by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and the State Government has decided to provide Rs 600 crore to the NHAI towards the cost of land acquisition for taking up the project, sources said.
The State Government has already approved the alignment for the CRRR. The estimated land acquisition cost for the project is Rs 1,200 crore of which the State would provide 50 per cent. The civil work cost of the project will be around Rs 2,500 crore, the sources informed.
The ring road that would originate from near Rameswar will be built bypassing Khurda town, Bhubaneswar, Athagarh town, Cuttack town and Choudwar town. It will be a 112.2km long 6-lane carriageway.
Once the project is completed, heavy vehicles and other traffic can directly move towards Angul-Sambalpur route and also Bhadrak Baleswar line bypassing major towns like Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
The CRRR alignment would provide an impetus to the socioeconomic growth of the capital region while ensuring minimal impact on forest areas and eco sensitive zones. The proposed ring road is expected to improve road communication between the twin cities and lessen the number of accidents and travel time, they said.
ACS Sahu asked the officials to start the land acquisition process for the important project without any delay. He also directed to start land acquisition for the Sambalpur-Nicholas, Puri-Bhubaneswar, Gopalpur-Chatrapur road projects.
In the past four months, land acquisition has been completed for the Panikoili-Remuli NH project and Rs 237 crore has been distributed among the land oustees.
Similarly, Rs 61 crore has been distributed to people who provided land for the Remuli-Koida NH project. Land acquisition has been completed in 25 villages coming under Koida-Rajamunda road project, while land acquisition in several villages for the NH-6, NH-23, NH-42, NH-130 and NH-200 projects is underway.
