Narrow roads set off site visitors hassle for Kalunga industrial cluster

By Express News Service

ROURKELA:  One of the oldest and largest industrial clusters in Odisha, Kalunga continues to grapple with insufferable site visitors on its slim roads with every day commuters bearing the heaviest brunt of the persistent downside.

The site visitors mess is compounded by the 2 slim method roads connecting Kalunga industrial property and adjoining Balanda gram panchayat, that are unable to offer easy passage to the large variety of heavy automobiles together with multi-axle vehicles and trailers.

Sources stated as a result of slim roads, the busy State freeway (SH)-10 or Biju Expressway on the intersection of Saw Mill Chowk and IDCO Chowk ceaselessly witnesses huge site visitors jams. Whenever any trailer or a heavy car turns to take the IDCO street or Saw Mill-Kalunga street from SH-10, it results in site visitors snarls. Light automobiles are at a relentless danger of assembly with accidents as a result of congestions. 

Former zilla parishad member Joseph Xess stated Kalunga industrial property homes quite a few MSMEs and the adjoining pockets of Kalunga and Balanda panchayats are additionally dotted with many industries together with sponge iron crops. Both IDCO and Kalunga-Saw Mill roads result in these industries, however are slim and serpentine. 

“Adding to the woes of residents, the busy Howrah-Mumbai line of South Eastern Railway (SER) passes through Kalunga. To ease the traffic woes of villagers and daily commuters, two road over bridges (ROBs) at the level-crossings in Kalunga and the industrial estate were jointly sanctioned by SER and Odisha government. However, the projects are yet to see any physical progress. The traffic mess will be cleared if the ROBs are constructed and the narrow roads widened at the earliest,” Xess added.

Incidentally, the Rourkela Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) had final 12 months proposed organising of a flyover connecting Vedvyas and Kalunga Saw Mill Chowk to divert heavy automobiles on to industries avoiding site visitors snarls on SH-10. 

RCCI president Pravin Garg stated the native authorities of Road and Building (R&B) Division of the Works division and IDCO had visited the proposed flyover website three months again and a beneficial report was despatched to Odisha authorities. The Kalunga industrial cluster wants improved and wider street communication for comfort of industries and native inhabitants, he added. 

R&B govt engineer Manoj Mahanandia was not out there for remark.