NHAI unveils Rs 277-cr highway widening in Jharkhand
As the Ranchi-Patna old NH-33 passes through the garrison town of Ramgarh, the NHAI has planned to build a four-lane bypass while converting NH-33 into a four-lane highway, which will be situated approximately 5 km east of Ramgarh town. However, the old NH-33 will continue to be a two-lane road.
To facilitate the road expansion, several multi-storey commercial buildings along the old stretch will need to be demolished. The state government has already begun the process of converting the 14km-long road into a four-lane highway, and the project has received technical sanction, with a detailed project report being prepared and submitted for cabinet approval.
According to the Executive Engineer of the department in Ramgarh, Rajiv Ranjan Munda, the 14km stretch will be a superhighway that runs parallel to the new NH-33 bypass. The authority will also rebuild old bridges between Korea Valley in Kuju and Patel Chowk in Ramgarh, replace old electric poles with newer ones, and upgrade the utilities along the four-lane highway.
