In an effort to improve connectivity, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari approved on Friday the construction of a 32 km long, 6-lane, access-controlled Greenfield Highway in Andhra Pradesh along the Bengaluru-Vijayawada economic corridor (NH-544G). Under the Bharatmala Pariyojana, the minister gave his approval to the project, which will cost Rs 1292.65 crore.
The Bengaluru – Kadapa – Vijayawada economic corridor, according to Gadkari’s tweets, starts at the Bengaluru STRR and uses the already-existing Bengaluru – Hyderabad (NH-44) till the Kodikonda checkpoint on NH 44.
The projected Greenfield economic corridor, according to the minister, runs from Muppavaram village near Addanki on NH-16 to Kodikonda checkpost (Kodur village) on NH-44 (Bangalore-Hyderabad Road).
He noted that the alignment uses the current NH-16 from Muppavaram until Vijayawada.
The ministry claims that the entire 342.5 km stretch of road between Kodikonda Checkpoint and Muppavaram is a Greenfield highway.
According to Gadkari, the stretch in the Andhra Pradesh district of Prakasam is planned to be constructed in 14 packages.
West Bengal will invest in a national highway project worth Rs. 410.83 crore.
Gadkari approved the plan to build the 4-lane Raniganj Bypass, which will cost Rs 410.83 crore.
The 4-lane Raniganj Bypass in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district will be 5.261 kilometers long and be located on NH-14 (the former NH-60). EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) will be the method used for the construction job.
According to a tweet from Gadkari, the NH-14 runs from its junction with NH-12 (Old NH 34) near Mourigram to Kharagpur in West Bengal, passing via Rampur Hat, Siuri, Raniganj, Bankura, Garhbeta, and Salbani.
The entire section, according to the minister, has a 2-lane layout with a paved shoulder. A number of significant industrial, religious, and agricultural areas, including Kharagpur, Midnapore, Chandrakona Road, Garbeta, Bishnupur, Bankura, Raniganj, Pandabeshwar, Dubrajpur, Suri, Rampurhat, and Nalhati, are connected by this stretch.
According to him, this route is considered to be one of the main routes for traffic traveling from south Indian states and Odisha to North Bengal and northeastern states.
