West Bengal approves ₹7,500-cr coastal highway

coastal highway
The West Bengal government has given its nod to the ₹7,500-crore Coastal Highway project linking Gopalpur and Digha regions. The 415 km project was announced by the transport minister Nitin Gadkari in 2015 but got entangled in environmental clearance issues and change in the project's alignment plan, which has now been modified. The project has got clearance after the State Government agreed to the alignment of Satpada-Digha stretch via Puri-Konark-Astarang-Ratanpur-Dhamara-Basudevpur-Chandipur. However, alignment from Gopalpur to Chilika Lake will be further reviewed. As per the proposal, the 240-km stretch from Gopalpur to Ratanpur will be constructed in the first phase at a cost of ₹2,196 crore and the remaining 175 km from Ratanpur to Digha will be taken up in the second phase and the highway will be named 516-A.
📅 Published on: 20 December 2019
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