Expressing concern over the slow progress in widening and strengthening of the Jagatpur — Chandbali road, Kendrapada BJD MP Baijayant Panda has written to the World Bank Projects, Bhubaneswar Chief Engineer Om Prakash Patel, requesting him to expedite the project’s implementation and take steps for its completion by March 2016.
The work of the project, which is being undertaken with loan assistance from the World Bank, comprises two packages, the Jagatpur—Duhuria road(49 km) and Duhuria—Chandbali road (57 km).
Though the project work has started since December, 2013, its implementation has been significantly delayed causing inconvenience to the people of Kendrapada, said Panda, adding that the project is scheduled to be complete by March 3, 2016.
Notably, the resettlement and rehabilitation works for the project have been taken up as per the Resettlement Action Plan approved by the RPDAC and State level Empowered Committee. The land acquisition has been completed and handed over by the Cuttack land Acquisition Officer for the Cuttack district part. The shifting work of electrical utility, tube wells, cutting of trees is almost complete.