BJD Criticised Centre for Alleged Delay in Approval of Odisha Coastal Highway Project

BJD criticised Centre for alleged delay in approval of Odisha Coastal Highway Project

Reacting to the approval of the Union Cabinet for the Coastal Highway between Rameshwar and Paradip connecting Konark, the BJD said ₹8301-crore coastal highway project was approved after long wait of 11 years.

Cabinet Approves 8,300 Crore Coastal Highway Project in Odisha

On Wednesday, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister approved 8,300 crore for the construction of a new coastal highway from Rameshwar to Paradeep on Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) in Odisha. To be constructed under two packages, it will have a combined length of 160 km.    The project section of the new coastal highway from Rameshwar to Paradeep passes through the Khurda, Puri, Kendrapada, and Jagatsinghpur distric…

Cabinet approves Odisha coastal highway - Cargo Insights

CCEA clears ₹8,300.79 crore road project in Odisha. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the construction of a coastal highway from Rameshwar to Paradeep in Odisha under the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM). The project will be developed at a total capital cost of ₹8,300.79 crore and will cover a length of 160.18 km across the districts of Khurda, Puri, Kendrapada and Jagatsinghpur. Th…

BJD Alleges Dilution Of Original Coastal Highway Vision For Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday alleged that the Centre has significantly scaled down the originally proposed Coastal Highway project for Odisha, leaving out large stretches of the state’s coastline, particularly in Bhadrak and Balasore districts. Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, BJD vice president Sanjay Das Burma said the Coastal Highway project approved by the Union Cabinet falls far short of the amb…