Angul(News Time Pro):
Odisha Assembly Deputy Speaker and Anugul MLA Rajinikanth Singh on Friday reviewed the national highway expansion work and expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace. A review meeting on the expansion of National Highways 55 and 16, which runs through Anugul district, was held in the morning at the Circuit House conference room. District Magistrate Siddhartha Shankar Swai presided over the function and highlighted the purpose and approach of the meeting. The district commissioner said that if the expansion work is coordinated and coordinated with each other, the district residents will be able to reap the benefits as soon as possible. The Deputy Chief Minister has directed the National Highways Authority and the district administration to expedite the expansion of the National Highway Extension from Anugul to Sambalpur and to expedite the construction of the Anugul Bypass Road. Meanwhile, Additional District Magistrate (General) Tapan Kumar Shatapathi and National Highway 16 Coordinating Meeting Additional District Magistrate Revenue) Santosh Kumar Pradhan presided over the meeting. The two meetings will address the issue of expansion and expedite the construction of highways.
The road will be widened and modernized at a cost of Rs 35 crore. Similarly, 16.45 km of road from Baanrapal to Godibandh on National Highway 16 will be converted into a 4-lane road at a cost of Rs 520 crore. NHAI officials say the land acquisition has already begun. Talcher MLA Braj Kishore has strongly suggested that the work be expedited. The meeting was attended by Chhendipada MLA Sushant Kumar Behera, District Rural Development Agency Project Director Dillip Kumar Sahu, All Sub-District Magistrates, NH Local Team Head Anup Panigrahi, Project Director A. Srinivasa Rao and district level officials, among others.
