NewzVille Desk
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister has approved the construction of a new coastal Highway from Rameshwar to Paradeep on Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) in Odisha under two packages with a combined total length of 160.18 km.
The project section of the new coastal Highway will pass through Khurda, Puri, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur Districts of Odisha. The Minister said that the total cost of the project will be over Rs 8,300 crore.
After completion of this project, travel time is expected to be reduced by about two hour and 30 minutes between Rameshawar and Paradeep.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has also approved upgradation of the Khagaria-Purnea Section of NH-31 and NH-231 to the four -Lane in Bihar at a cost of over three thousand 936 crore rupees. The project will provide seamless connectivity to key economic, social, and logistics nodes across Bihar.
