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Finance dept nod to funds for multi-laned roads

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The Pioneer            15.06.2013  

Finance dept nod to funds for multi-laned roads

Looking to the progress of development of Naya Raipur, the Naya Raipur Development Authority will be constructing 60-km-long roads. To link all the 40 sectors of the first layer of Naya Raipur, 6, 4 and 2 lane roads would be constructed in the second phase of road construction.

The finance department has accorded sanction for the construction of these roads. Now the Naya Raipur Development Authority wanted to complete construction of these roads after inviting tenders soon.

According to the standards of the ministry of National Highways and Road Transport (MORTS), NRDA will carry out the construction of these roads, in which all the measures of quality and security will be maintained.

In the 60-km road to be constructed with a cost of Rs 258 crore, roads of 100 metre, 60 metre, 45 metre, 30 metre and 24 metre Right of Way (ROW) are included. For the completion of these roads, 19 small bridges and 10 culverts would be constructed.

Chief Executive Officer of NRDA Amit Kataria said that after completion of these roads, development of Naya Raipur would be progressed further. Within two years construction of these roads would be completed. For that tenders would be called soon and Project Management Advisor (PMC) would also be appointed, so that the quality of construction works could be monitored, he added.

On completion of these roads, development works of Naya Raipur would be increased and the villages around the city would be linked with better roads. With the construction of these roads, the IIM, being construction in Naya Raipur, Sub Area Headquarters of the Army, Capital Complex to Sector 18 &25, Housing sector and other sectors would be linked with internal roads.

Moreover, these roads will also link Kotrabhatta, Cheecha and Reco village with Naya Raipur. In the first phase total 75-km roads had been constructed and with the completion of the second phase total 135-km roads will provide better traffic facility to Naya Raipur.