HLCA approves 4-laning of Sambalpur-Rourkela via PPP: Dharitri
High Level Committee, Jharsugurha, PPP, Rourkela- Kansbahal, Sambalpur, Sambaplur- Burla- Bargarh- Chipilima, State highways, Sundergarh November 18th. 2009, 12:20amTathya.in has some interesting tidbits on this. Following is an excerpt.
Minister was speaking in the High Level Clearance Authority (HLCA) on 17 November.
HLCA Chaired by Naveen Patnaik cleared the proposal of 4-laning of Sambalpur-Rourkela Highway on PPP Mode with an investment of Rs.1270 crore.
He said by slapping tool tax on the commuters and funding the project is passé.
Now while roads are coming up in a big way, lands are identified at some vantage points by the side of the roads.
These places can be handed over to the developers so that they can develop shopping malls, housing projects and this should be included in the package.
And this initiative will lessen the burden of tax payers, who are forced to pay huge toll tax for years to come.
Secondly Minister said that while we are going for expansion of the Highways, encroachment of land is posing a big problem.
… It would be a better proposition to acquire land and lay the road in such a way that more space is left inwards.
So that later that space can be used for expansion of roads and no body will be able to encroach upon and inside the highway, said the Minister.
November 18th, 2009 at 3:24 am
The NH23 is in a state of concern.It should be considered too as its an important route that connects western orissa with north and north-eastern orissa.
November 18th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
NH 23 from Rourkela to NH 6 is being 4-laned. See http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/India_roadway_map.svg
See also http://www.orissalinks.com/orissagrowth/archives/1815 .
November 18th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
What are the conditions of the NH201 between Boriguma and Bargarh and NH217 between Berhampur and Raipur. Have any works been undertaken to improve the roads after they wer declared as NHs. Also I think a serious SH improvement programme should be undertaken. Especially SHs 1,4,17,25 and a few others. I recently travelled by SHs 4 and 17, both of which are in pathetic condition. They are not even 2 laned.