Bhubaneswar, Feb 12: Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) has started the process to select a consultancy firm to identify industrial opportunities across Biju Highway corridor to accelerate economic development of nine districts of through which the highway will pass.

The expressway, measured at 650 km, is aimed at creating the economic corridor for Bargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Malkangiri and Nuapada districts.

Earlier in March 2018 Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had inaugurated the Sambalpur-Rourkela section of Biju Expressway.The 162 km-long stretch of the State Highway-10 has been built at an estimated Rs 1292.56 crore.