During the current 12th Plan period, the Odisha government has set a target to improve 2,158 km of State Highways to two-lane standards with a planned cost of Rs 3,000 crore.
Under its State Highway Development Project (SHDP), the State government is to take up double-laning of the roads. A project management cell (PMC) will be set up to manage and monitor the projects under SHDP scheme. The Works department was advised to engage a professional contract management agency to assist the PMC for timely accomplishment of the targets.
The decision was taken at a meeting presided over by the State Chief Secretary JK Mohapatra in Bhubaneswar on September 19. According to the meeting, 381 km of road projects involving a cost of around Rs 633 crore have been put to tender.
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