Finally a direct road from Bhubaneswar airport to Khurda Rd/Jatani; will serve the IIT and NISER locations well
Bhubaneswar- Cuttack- Puri, Khordha, Roads, highways and Bus stands April 7th. 2011, 10:12pmFollowing is an excerpt from a report in Telegraph.
A new road project in Bhubaneswar is expected to relieve traffic congestion to a huge extent on National Highway (NH) – 5.
The upcoming road will link the capital city with the township of Jatni. At present, people travelling from Bhubaneswar to Jatni have to take the NH-5.
Construction on the 14.2km Sundarpada-Harirajpur road is going on at full speed. Work on the project, estimated to cost around Rs 7.53 crore, is expected to be complete by the end of this month. The road was a long-standing demand of the people as the Sundarpada-Jatni stretch has seen rapid growth in the past few months with a number of housing colonies coming up in the area.
While more than 30 apartments have been build near Sundarpada, two engineering colleges and four management colleges also come up in the area.
The project, which started on January 31, 2010, was supposed to be completed by January 30 this year. However, due to problems, including law and order issues, created by villagers in the locality, the work got delayed.
This road already shows up in Google map. In 3-4 years once IIT and NISER campuses are built and become functional near Jatani, this road will become a very important artery of the Bhubaneswar area.
April 8th, 2011 at 2:22 am
Is this road really wide enough to be a serious alternative…The last time I went through this road about 2 years back it was in a pathetic condition. It was full of potholes and barely wide enough for a car and a half.
April 8th, 2011 at 7:53 am
The Telegraph report says that they are making it a real road; i.e., fixing the potholes etc. I think soon they will widen it.
March 3rd, 2013 at 9:56 am
jatni really needs a make over bcoz it was an important town of odisha and i m also stunned by seeing the rapid growth in last few years and most importantly i will like to say as a citizen of jatni that the law & order,health,education of this town should be given more importance at the time of planning