Thursday, November 27, 2008

Rs 1,439-cr World Bank road project to start in Dec

The Pioneer, Nov 27, 2008
PNS | Bhubaneswar

The Orissa State Road Project, with an aid of Rs 1,439 crore from the World Bank, will start from December this year. The foundation of which will be laid by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

Under the project, a decision has been taken to construct 461 km of State Highways. They are the Berhampur-JK Pur via Taptapani, Mohana road 192 km which passes through Ganjam, Gajapati and Rayagada districts, Bhawanipatna- Khariar road (68 km) which passes through Kalahandi, Nuapara and Balangir, Chandbali- Anandpur via Bhadrak road( 95km) passing through Keonjhar and Bhadrak and double laning of Jagatpur- Chandbali road( 106km) passing through the Cuttack and Kendrapara districts. The World Bank has sanctioned this road projects and promised to give Rs 1,000 for their construction. The State Government would spend Rs 439 crore as its share.

According to the World Bank rules and regulations, Rs 2 crore has to be spent for construction per 1 km of road. The Berhampur — JKPur road has been divided into three parts. In the first phase, Berhampur- Taptapani (41 km), Bhawanipatna-Khariar (68km) and Chandbali- Bhadrak (45 km) roads would be constructed.

The tender works for this roads have been completed. Berkampur-Taptapani road has been given to Backbone and ARSS, Bhawanipatna-Khariar road has been given to Patel and ARSS and Chandbali- Bhadrak road has been given to Somdoot and ARSS.

The first phase work would be completed in two and a half years and in the second phase Tapatapani- JK Pur, Bhadrak-Anandpuir and Jagtpur-Chandbali roads would be completed.

By March 2009 the second phase work would start. Besides the Sambalpur- Rourkela road would be four lanned in Public-Private Partnership mode.

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