The Chhattisgarh government will be developing an Expressway between Arang and Rajnandgaon (Shivnath) in the State, officials informed.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh Road Development Corporation (CGRDC) which will be executing the project . It will also hire a Consultant soon for conducting a round-the-clock and week-long ‘Traffic Volume Count’ survey at Arang and Kumhari Toll Plazas falling on the proposed Expressway.
Notably, CGRDC has already identified 61 different projects for construction of roads in the State.
Out of 61 roads, 56 Roads covering length of 1859.25 kms have been identified for development under Hybrid Annuity Model and 5 roads under (B0T) Toll mode, officials stated.
Notably, CGRDC will be using both web and mobile based 'Project Management System'.
The project is part of the Integrated Project Management System (IPMS) to monitor road development projects in the State, officials stated.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh Government has adopted Public Private Partnership (PPP) model for development of roads in the State.
The State government is planning to construct roads measuring 13,000 km with an investment of Rs 42,000 crore over the next three years. The budget allocation during 2016-17 for this is a massive Rs 6,101 crore, representing an increase of 56% over the preceding year.
Notably, a total of 12 roads have been marked under Chhattisgarh State Road Development Project, out of which work on developing six roads has already been started, officials stated.
This year, 3724 kms of roads have been built and upgraded and construction of 41 bridges has been completed. Construction of 123 bridges is in progress.
It may be recalled that the Centre has also approved as many as three new National Highway projects in Chhattisgarh during the past three financial years.
The cumulative cost of the highway projects stood at Rs 150.37 crores, officials stated.
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has approved Rs 3,300 crore for broadening and upgradation of the National Highways in Chhattisgarh.
The Central government had also sanctioned an amount of Rs 305.56 crore for 10 important works under Central Road Fund Scheme during 2015-16 in Chhattisgarh, officials stated.
These 10 works include construction of one road route, two Railway over-bridges and under-bridges, one fly-over and bridge.
The NHAI has acquired 16 hectares of land in the current financial year till June 2015 for the development of various road projects in the State, officials stated.
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will also shortly commence the work for construction of a new Expressway in the 26.60 kms stretch of Raipur-Durg section of National Highway 53 in the State, officials informed.