Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday that the Raipur-Visakhapatnam National Highway project is an economic corridor that has been approved under the Bharatmala Yojana Phase-1.
Minister YSR Congress Party MP V. Vijaya was answering an unstarred question raised by Sai Reddy as to whether Raipur-Visakhapatnam is a major project of the road ministry and its current status.
He said that the project starts from Abhanpur near Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and ends at Sabbavaram in Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).
The entire stretch is a greenfield alignment passing through the states of Chhattisgarh (124 km), Odisha (240 km) and Andhra Pradesh (100 km). The stretch has been notified as National Highway no. 130CD.
Mr. Gadkari said that the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for most part of the project has been completed and
Acquisition of land, forest and environmental clearances is under various stages of approval. Bidding has been initiated for a length of 42 km in Chhattisgarh and 214 km in Odisha and 100 km in Andhra Pradesh. He said that the target is to complete the entire project by the financial year 2024-25.
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