Biju Expressway
| Biju Expressway | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Length: | 650 km (400 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| From: | Jagdalpur |
| To: | Rourkela |
| Location | |
| States: | Odisha, Chhattisgarh |
| Highway system | |
Biju Expressway is expressway in under construction,[1] measuring 650 km.[2] It will start at Chandili (border village in Koraput district) and touch border towns/market centres such as Kotpad, Boriguma, Nabarangpur, Papadahandi, Ambapani, Gadbhanga, Dharmagarh, Sinapalli, Bhella, Nuapada, Paikamal, Padampur, Sohela, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh before ending at Rourkela.[3]
Total cost of the project is around ₹3,630 crore (US$540 million). It will be completed in phased manner. In the first phase of the project, 254 km road will be converted to four-lanes and 402 kilometers to be two-lanes. In the second phase, 258 km will be made four-lane.[4]
First phase of the project is scheduled to be completed by May 2017, the second phase completion target has been fixed by the end of 2019. Once completed it will reduce travel time from 13 hrs to 6 hrs.[4]
307 km of the total length would be developed into four lane standard while the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will develop another 183 km.[5] The 160-km road from Sambalpur to Rourkela (SH-10) will be made four lane through Public Private Partnership (PPP).
References
- ↑ "Biju link takes off, battles low budget". The Telegraph.
- ↑ "Biju Expressway Yet to Cut Through 'Red' Tape". The New Indian Express.
- ↑ Sadananda Mohapatra (1 September 2014). "Tender for Rs 3,200 cr Biju Expressway in October". business-standard.com.
- 1 2 "Naveen Patnaik launches Rs 3,200cr Biju Expressway project". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Biju Expressway to Bridge Economic Divide". The New Indian Express.