New Region Ring Road In Odisha Under Bharatmala Pariyojana Evaluated By NPG

Bhubaneswar: The proposed construction of a New Region Ring Road (RRR) in Odisha under Bharatmala Pariyojana has been evaluated by the Network Planning Group (NPG) under PM GatiShakti.

This project of MoRTH aims to smoothen the movement of freight between Chennai and Kolkata. It seeks to provide multimodal connectivity to economic nodes such as economic corridors, industrial parks, mineral and mining zones, good sheds, etc. as well as logistics and social nodes, official sources said on Thursday.

The project bypasses major towns in Odisha, avoiding traffic congestion in the cities and enhance logistics efficiency by reducing travel time by 37.5%.

The project was discussed and evaluated at the 64th NPG meeting on January 23 chaired by Sumita Dawra, Special Secretary, Logistics at Indian Railways Institute of Financial Management (IRIFM), Secunderabad.

The meeting witnessed active participation from key Infrastructure Ministries and Departments including Ministry of Road, Transport & Highways (MoRTH), Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Ministry of Railways (MoR), Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Power (MoP), Ministry of Defence (MoD), NITI Aayog and representatives from South Central Railway (SCR).

During the meeting, the NPG discussed three proposed Greenfield projects of Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, with an aggregate project cost worth about Rs 9600 Cr.

The projects discussed also included the proposed New BG line between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and proposed four laning of NH-727 in Uttar Pradesh.

Further, the significance of rail infrastructure in sustaining Indian economy’s growth to INR 5 Trillion and meeting logistics market growth of 8464 million metric tonnes by 2031 was also emphasized.