The new 60 feet wide by-pass road between GE Road to Rohnipuram being built at a cost of Rs5 crore is expected to be ready by next month. The work on the road and its beautification are almost under completion.
According to officials of the Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC), the new road would enable an estimated two lakh people to commute every day with ease.
The road which is being built under RMC’s ‘Zone Five’, originates from GE Road Science College and after passing through Rohinipuram, Gol Chowk would join the Ring Road.
The road would thereafter lead till Mahadevghat while passing through Gol Chowk. The contribution of then people displaced by the project at Gol Chowk is also being received for the beautification work of the road.
According to Zone Five Commissioner RK Dongre and Zonal Executive Engineer Sanjay Sharma, the road in the first phase was built from GE Road to Science College till Rohinipuram gate in 900 metre area costing Rs2.18 crore.
About 80 per cent of the work for the construction of the road is complete and the same would open for traffic in May, they informed.
The road would have a central divider with provision of permanent street lights. Both sides of the road would have a drainage system.
The land for the project in the first phase in the interest of the general public had been offered by Science College and Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram.
The second phase of the project would cover the road from Rohinipuram gate to Gol Chowk and while passing through Mahamaya Hospital to Ring Road while covering an area of 1,200 metres. The cost of the project would be Rs2.81 crore, the officials informed.