Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday directed the Works Department to convert the main roads in all sub-divisional headquarters to four-lane.
The Chief Minister while chairing a review meeting on the performance of the Works Department at the State Secretariat here also asked to take up survey work for an elevated corridor and a parallel alternative road from Raj Bhavan Square to Nandankanan Square at the earliest keeping in view the increasing traffic rush in the route.
“Apart from the elevated corridor, the Chief Minister directed the department to make a survey for an alternative road via Infocity, Niladri Vihar and Sailashree Vihar and submit a report,” said Works Secretary Nalini Kanta Pradhan after the meeting.
The CM also directed to expedite construction of Sohela-Ambapani section road and complete construction of Rourkela-Sambalpur section of Biju Expressway by March 2017.
It was revealed in the meeting that the construction of Gurupriya bridge and four medical colleges would be completed by June, 2017. Besides, construction of a bridge over Mahanadi at Nelson Mandela in Sambalpur and another bridge over Ib river in Jharsuguda would be completed by June 2017 while a bridge over Kathjodi river in Cuttack would be completed by February 2017.
Apart from this, construction of 44 wayside amenities at various places beside National Highway is underway, the meeting was informed.
The Works Secretary also informed the meeting that the Works Department has spent 62 per cent of the total budget allocation for 2016-17 fiscal by November this year, while the remaining allocation would be spent by March 2017.