State to develop ring road in Berhampur city

State government has decided to develop ring road of Berhampur, a major southern Odisha city, dividing the total stretch into six segments. In a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik here recently, it was decided that finalization of alignment and preparation of detail project report for the proposed ring road would be completed within next three months. 

The total length of the ring road is proposed to be around 40 kms. According to sources, the proposed ring road will basically cut and link all the radial roads touching Berhampur. “In a clock-wise manner, the ring road will touch NH-59 at Ratnapur (Kukudahandi-Berhampur), NH-5 at Raghunathpur (Chhatraput-Berhampur), Berhampur-Gopalpur road at Karapalli, NH-5 at Halidapadar (on Konisi/Giruisola-Berhampur), near Lathi on Chikiti-Berhampur road on State Highway 17 before Dakhinapur (Taptapani-Digapahandi Road) and back to NH-59 at Ratnapur.” 

The district administration has been asked to acquire land for four-laning although initially the road would be developed as a two-lane road. “The land losers should be given to option to buy back an appropriate percentage of land lost by them at rate fixed by government after development,” the high-level meeting resolved. Source: The Hindu