AP clears ₹150 cr ring road project

The district headquarters, Srikakulam city, will get outer ring road as the state government has recently cleared the project entailing an investment of ₹150 crore. As part of the project, district collector directed the revenue, municipal, survey department officials to identify areas to be covered under the ORR. To start with, ORR will cover 18 villages in five mandals located around the city and it will pass through Vadada, Ramachandrapuram villages in Gara mandal, Ragolu, Ragolupeta, Gudem, Patrunivalasa, Peddapadu, Sanivada, Kallepalli villages in Srikakulam mandal, Domam, Thotapalem, Ponnada, SMPuram in Etcherla mandal, Kanimetta, Kinthali, Modalavalasa villages in Ponduru mandal, Vanjangi, Dusi villages in Amudalavalasa mandal. The total requirement of land for the ORR is 298.80 acres of it 57.10 acres are government lands and 241.70 acres needed to acquire from private parties by paying compensation as per Land Acquisition Act 2013.