The Chhattisgarh Road Development Corporation (CGRDC) is in the process of constructing the Fafadih-Telibandha-Naya Raipur four-lane Expressway on the land of meter guage railway track in the city, officials informed.
PWD Minister Rajesh Munat informed that Rs 160 crore had so far been spent on the project.
He informed that the project is being constructed from approved fund of Rs 313 crore.
The 12-kms long Expressway would have four flyovers whose construction had been taken up. The flyover is being constructed at Fafadih. Devendranagar, Pandri and Shankar Nagar.
The construction work of flyover at Devendra Nagar, Pandri and Shankar Nagar is expected to be completed by end of this month.
An elevated corridor is also being constructed at Avanti Vihar and Telibandha which is expected to be completed by July this year.
The Fafadih-Telibandha-Naya Raipur Expressway would have a 7 kms long Service Road. The Expressway would have eight small bridges and 12 culverts.
Notably, the Central Government in April this year had also approved road development and expansion projects worth over Rs 3000 crores in Chhattisgarh.
The sanction was given at a significant meeting between Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh in New Delhi.
During the meeting, consent was given on construction of an inter-change flyover worth Rs 95 crores at Raipur’s busiest Tatibandh Chowk, where five roads intersect. Proposal of constructing four-lane from Raigarh to Dharamjaigarh was also discussed at the meeting and the Union minister assured that the work for the same will start very soon.
The Chief Minister drew the attention of the Union Minister towards pending proposal of construction of bypass in 17 cities of the state and stated that these bypass will help in easing traffic.
The Union Minister immediately directed senior officials of his ministry to look into the matter. Bypass have to be constructed at Bemetara, Simga, Bodla, Pondi, Kawardha, Masturi-Akaltara, Janjgir-Champa, Sakti, Raigarh, Kanker, Keshkal, Ambikapur, Sitapur, Pathalgaon, Baikunthpur, Saranggarh, Chandrapur and Akaltara.
The Union Minister issued directives on including 210 km-long worth Rs 6,600 crore Purur-Jhalmala-Kusumkasa-Sherpaar-Mainpur NH 930, Bilaspur-Mungali-Pandariya-Ponda NH 130 A and Abhanpur-Rajim-Gariyabandh-Devbhog Marg NH 130 C in Annual Plan 2018-19.The Chief Minister also urged to sanction the state’s proposed estimate of Rs 803 crores under Central Road Fund.
The Union Minister approved the estimate amount.
Singh had apprised the Union Minister of completion of WBM level work in construction of 36 km-long stretch between Bhopalpatnam and Tarlaguda in NH 202 crossing Chhattisgarh’s most Naxal-affected region.