A 1,205-km-long Ranchi-Vijayawada National Highway, which is expected to usher in economic development and help contain Maoist menace in Odisha’s tribal areas, would be completed by March 2017.It was revealed at a review meeting held under chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat here. The CM too reviewed the progress of the Biju Expressway.
Out of total length of 1,205 km of the Ranchi-Vijayawada NH, work on 820 km has been completed and work on 199 km is now underway. The tendering process for the remaining 187 km has been completed and work would be started after the rainy season. Similarly, work on a stretch of 166 km of the 650-km-long Rourkela-Jagdalpur Biju Express Road is in progress through the PPP mode. The NHAI has taken up construction for a stretch of 183 km and the remaining 307 km, consisting of the Sohela-Nuapada and Nuapada-Ambapani stretches, would be taken up by the State Government after the rainy season.