Bhubaneswar, Mar 17: The proposed Kharagpur-Tangi-Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada high-speed corridor will connect nine districts in Odisha: Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, and Koraput, linking 27 towns and cities across the region.
The entire corridor, spanning 1,102 km through West Bengal, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh, will feature a 522-km greenfield stretch that will pass through Odisha.
Sanjay Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary of the Odisha government’s Works Department, chaired a high-level meeting on Monday at Lok Seva Bhawan to discuss the proposed 6-lane expressway.
This meeting covered various aspects such as alignment, district-wise coverage, economic zones, urban connectivity, and land acquisition for the Odisha portion of the highway.
The project aims to improve connectivity between Odisha’s mining and industrial zones with ports and coastal economic regions, fostering regional development and better access. Ganjam will have the longest stretch (97 km), followed by Dhenkanal (88 km), Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar (86 km each), and Rayagada (53 km).
