As many as 46 bypass roads are currently being laid around urban pockets of Chhattisgarh at a cost of Rs 1223 crores, PWD Minister Rajesh Munat has informed.
A total of 20 bypass roads have also been approved at a cost of Rs 589 crores, he said.
Another 26 bypass roads have been approved which are away from urban pockets, Munat said.
PWD had also started constructing 19 new bypass roads at a cost of Rs 242 crore to minimize traffic pressure of city roads across the State last year.
One of the project among the 19 bypass roads is the 8-km long 'Kondagaon bypass road' in Bastar for which Rs 10 crore has been sanctioned.
likewise, Rs 17 crores have been sanctioned for 24-km long Jagdalpur bypass number 2, Rs 11 crore for 11-km long Balod bypass road, Rs 17 crore for 8km-long Tilda-Neora bypass road, Rs 10 crore for 10-km long Nandini city bypass road, Rs 12 crore for 6-km long Ahiwara bypass road, Rs 13 crore for 5-km long Kota bypass road, Rs 5 crore for 5km-long Pandarita bypass road, Rs 18 crore for 14km-long Pendra bypass road, Rs 10 crore for 10-km long Bhatapara bypass road, Rs 22 crore for 11 km long lormi bypass road, Rs 13 crore for 10-km long Masturi Seepat bypass road and Rs 17 crore has been sanctioned for 8km-long Shivrinarayan bypass road.
Besides, Rs 7 crores have been sanctioned for construction of 2.5km-long Akaltara bypass road, Rs 10 crore for 10km-long Balrampur bypass road, Rs 14 crore for 7km-long Wadrafnagar bypass road, Rs six crore for 3.5km-long Sarbahara bypass road, and Rs 10 crore for construction of 6.6km-long Baloda bypass road has been sanctioned.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh government had made a provision of Rs 53 crore in its annual budget during 2015-16 for development of a total of 19 bypass roads for facilitating safe and smooth traffic in various cities and towns of the State.