NH-320D more likely to face extra hurdles over land points in Odisha

By Express News Service

ROURKELA: With the method of land acquisition for the event of the newly introduced National Highway (NH) 320 D underway and the tender for Rs 159 crore value of undertaking just lately floated, the National Highway Division (NHD) authorities are confronted with a brand new problem from locals who’re demanding alignment diversion in Bisra block of Sundargarh district.

Sources stated a gaggle of villagers opposing the freeway that passes via the market space of Bisra block headquarters on Monday held a protest and submitted a memorandum to Panposh Sub-Collector at Rourkela,  Daulat Chandrakar with a requirement to skip their locality as it could result in the demolition of homes and retailers apart from inflicting accidents.

With rising cases of resistance to improvement initiatives within the tribal-dominated Sundargarh district, the NHD authorities are sceptical and moreover apprehensive of dealing with land hurdles throughout compensation disbursement for personal land.  

National Highway Division (NHD) Executive Engineer (EE) Santosh Patra knowledgeable land acquisition course of for a few 24 km stretch from Jareikela to Diesel Colony of Bondamunda has begun for which a young value about Rs  159 crore was just lately floated. Work would nevertheless begin solely after getting bodily possession of the required land, he added.     

The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways printed a gazette notification on September 19, 2018, declaring the NH 320 D ranging from its junction with NH-20 close to Chakradharpur in Jharkhand and terminating on the NH 143 junction at Rourkela in Odisha. In March 2022 the MoRTH had sanctioned Rs  209.92 crore for the event of a 36 km stretch of the NH 320 D in Sundargarh right into a two-lane with paved shoulder.

It is learnt, of the 36 km stretch from Jareikela to Diesel Colony was beforehand a Major District Road, 12 km includes components of two roads of the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) and the Hanuman Vatika bypass of Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC).   

With no readability on whether or not RSP would permit two of its roads together with a part of the ring highway to be declared as NH 320 D and in addition present extra land,  the NHD authorities don’t have any instant plan for creating the questionable 12 km stretch.    

Chandrakar stated the acquisition of 138 acres of personal land between Jareikela and Diesel Colony is focused to be accomplished within the subsequent three to 6 months if the whole lot goes on anticipated strains. He hoped the RSP would permit land for widening of the freeway between Diesel Colony and Bisra Square and in addition half with the portion of the ring highway falling on the alignment for the NH 320 D.

ROURKELA: With the method of land acquisition for the event of the newly introduced National Highway (NH) 320 D underway and the tender for Rs 159 crore value of undertaking just lately floated, the National Highway Division (NHD) authorities are confronted with a brand new problem from locals who’re demanding alignment diversion in Bisra block of Sundargarh district.

Sources stated a gaggle of villagers opposing the freeway that passes via the market space of Bisra block headquarters on Monday held a protest and submitted a memorandum to Panposh Sub-Collector at Rourkela,  Daulat Chandrakar with a requirement to skip their locality as it could result in the demolition of homes and retailers apart from inflicting accidents.

With rising cases of resistance to improvement initiatives within the tribal-dominated Sundargarh district, the NHD authorities are sceptical and moreover apprehensive of dealing with land hurdles throughout compensation disbursement for personal land.  

National Highway Division (NHD) Executive Engineer (EE) Santosh Patra knowledgeable land acquisition course of for a few 24 km stretch from Jareikela to Diesel Colony of Bondamunda has begun for which a young value about Rs  159 crore was just lately floated. Work would nevertheless begin solely after getting bodily possession of the required land, he added.     

The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways printed a gazette notification on September 19, 2018, declaring the NH 320 D ranging from its junction with NH-20 close to Chakradharpur in Jharkhand and terminating on the NH 143 junction at Rourkela in Odisha. In March 2022 the MoRTH had sanctioned Rs  209.92 crore for the event of a 36 km stretch of the NH 320 D in Sundargarh right into a two-lane with paved shoulder.

It is learnt, of the 36 km stretch from Jareikela to Diesel Colony was beforehand a Major District Road, 12 km includes components of two roads of the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) and the Hanuman Vatika bypass of Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC).   

With no readability on whether or not RSP would permit two of its roads together with a part of the ring highway to be declared as NH 320 D and in addition present extra land,  the NHD authorities don’t have any instant plan for creating the questionable 12 km stretch.    

Chandrakar stated the acquisition of 138 acres of personal land between Jareikela and Diesel Colony is focused to be accomplished within the subsequent three to 6 months if the whole lot goes on anticipated strains. He hoped the RSP would permit land for widening of the freeway between Diesel Colony and Bisra Square and in addition half with the portion of the ring highway falling on the alignment for the NH 320 D.