Following is an excerpt from a report in Business Standard.

The state government has decided to upgrade the Angul-Chendipada road keeping in view the scores of industries and mining projects coming up in the area. The cost of this road work is estimated at RS 150 crore which will be shared by the industries including the public sector Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd (MCL).

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At present, there is a 51.5 km long single narrow road from Angul to Budapal. A blue print has, meanwhile, been prepared to double the width of the road. The road expansion works would be executed by the state works department, according to the Executive Engineer (Roads), Sanjay Sahu, here.

The project includes construction of a by-pass around Angul town to link up the proposed road with the NH 42 instead of jamming traffic in the town, he added.

As per the proposal, eight industries will contribute funds for the construction of 23 km long Angul-Kosala section of the road doubling work while MCL will bear the cost of next 17 km long road connecting Kosala to Chhendipada. The next patch of the road will be upgraded by another group of industries beyond Chhendipda.

However, the construction of Angul by-pass will be shared by these industries equally, Sahu added. The industries which will be funding the road project include MCL, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd, Kalinga Coal Mining Ltd, Tata Sponge, Rugta Mines, Utkal Coal Ltd and others.