New Delhi, October 6, 2010
The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI), at its meeting here yesterday, approved the improvement of 600 km of State roads in Orissa as part of the plan to develop, in a phased manner, the entire 1632 km long Vijayawada-Ranchi corridor at an estimated cost of Rs 1200 crore.
An official press release said the project, located in left-wing extremism affected areas, would be completed in the next three years by March 2014.
It said the project would provide a good communication network between the tribal districts of Orissa and other developed areas in the State as well as to the neighbouring States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
The project will cover Malkangiri, Jaypore, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kandhmal, Boudh, Sambalpur, Angul, Deogarh, Koenjhar and Mayurbhanj districts in Orissa.
The Centre and the State Governments concerned had taken up the route from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh to Ranchi in Jharkhand for development as an integrated project in view of the growing activities of left-wing extremists in that area.
In September 2009, the Government took a decision to sanction remaining stretches of National Highways on Vijayawada-Ranchi route in Orissa for widening to two-lane standards and undertaking preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for 600 km length of State roads which were not covered under any other programme.
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