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Decks Clear for 84-KM Indore Ring Roads

  • National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has paved the way to float tenders for the ambitious 84-km outer ring road following submission of a detailed project report (DPR). The report was submitted to NHAI, deputy general manager, Indore region.NHAI project director Shravankumar Singh said with submission of DPR, decks have been cleared for tendering process.In the first phase of this project, western ring road will be constructed on public private partnership (PPP) mode with one toll tax, Singh said.
  • The project report envisages `960 crore expenditure on the 84-km long road. It will require 550 hectares of land. `200 crore more will be required for acquisition of land. As per project proposal the new ring road will pass through 63 villages.Target for completion of the project is three years. The western ring road will have one major bridge, three railway over bridges and four flyovers. The eastern ring road will have one railway over bridge and two flyovers.The Lewis Berger group had earlier prepared its final feasibility report on the new ring around the by-pass in the city.
  • NHAI had sent the report to the regional officer in Bhopal for approval. After a green signal from there, the report was sent to Delhi. The road is to be built on the build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis.The areas which have optional roads such as super corridor, the proposed road will be two-lane. Singh said that if traffic increases, it can be turned into a four-lane throughout. According to the original report, 40 km of road will be four-lane and 40 km two-lane.There are other similar projects planned under national road up gradation phase-VII.

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