: The Outer Ring Road project the Andhra Pradesh government has proposed for its upcoming capital city of Amaravati, on the lines of the ORR in Hyderabad, is set to gain momentum.
On Thursday, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Chairman Raghav Chandra said he expected the selection of the consultant to prepare the detailed project report (DPR) to be completed soon. Further ahead, the DPR should be ready in six months, he said.
“We are commissioning a DPR consultant… the consultant would be identified soon. In the next five to six months we should have a DPR for an ORR of Amaravati-Vijayawada,” he told a conference organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry here.
‘Land should not
be a problem’
Noting that the Andhra Pradesh government had desired for creation of ORR, Mr. Chandra said the cost of the project would be about Rs.12,000 crore. “The Andhra [Pradesh] government has assured [that] they have already gone in for land pooling and have an arrangement with the farmers where land will be available for this work,” he added.
A snap shot of the major projects NHAI would execute said that the ring road expressway at Amaravati would be 186 km long. He highlighted the Amaravati ORR project while pointing out that the NHAI proposes to take up projects to develop the ORR and bypasses for all the major cities. It was also focussing on developing roads to improve port connectivity.
