The proposal of ring road of Hazaribagh town was prepared by the Hazaribagh municipal council in the year 2004-05.The estimated cost of proposal was only Rs 52 crore at that time. According to the proposal the construction of ring road was to be completed in two parts. The first one was to be constructed by Jharkhand government and second part by the National Highway Authority of India. The denizens of Hazaribagh are still waiting for this ring road and in the meantime its cost has jumped up to Rs 233.15 crore but yet construction work has not started.
Initially the municipal council of Hazaribagh had authorized Semsons Pvt. ltd. Co. of Ranchi to prepare the detail DPR (Departmental Project Report) of this ring road. The council paid Rs 54 thousand to the company for the report. The DPR was sent to urban development department of the state government but it was rejected by the department.
In the year 2011-12 the estimated cost of project reached to Rs 177.99 crores. Out of this Rs 133.997 crore was allotted for acquisition of land and Rs 44 crore for the construction of road. In 2013 the estimated cost had reached to Rs 233.15 crore.
In 2013 the state government has decided to withdraw the plan from urban development department. In the same year the State Government sent Rs 70 crores to the district administration to start the work of acquisition of land of 23 villages for the purpose of construction of ring road.
The State Government has tabled the new proposal of ring road in the cabinet. Now work of preparing the maps and acquisition of land is going on. From district collectorate it was informed that as the finally approved maps and DPR will reach the administration, construction of ring road will start.
However the work of acquisition of lands in different villages has already started.