The Public Works Department (PWD) has begun the construction of a part of Outer Ring Road to reduce traffic congestion in the city. Presently, the 22-km long express highway is being constructed from Gondhkhairi on Amravati Road to Gavsi Manapur on Wardha Road. When the Outer Ring Road is complete it will connect Kalmeshwar, Hingna and Butibori MIDCs. The Gondkhairi-Gavsi Manapur stretch will be 80-metre road. In the first phase, only two-lane road is being constructed. PWD will spend Rs 41.46 crore on the project.
R N Hotwani, Executive Engineer, Division No. 3, said that the total length of the Outer Ring Road is 84 km. The construction work of first phase will be going on various stages. PWD will costruct four big overbridges, 13 small over bridges and three under passes. A 30-km stretch of road – Gavsi Manapur to Kamptee-Kanhan by-pass – will be constructed under National Highway Authority of India’s North-South Corridor.
Hotwani said that Gondhkhairi-Gavsi Manapur stretch will be widened to a four-laned road under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Central Government will finance this project. Remaining outer ring road will be constructed by the PWD. The present work was started in five phases from January 2006 and it may be completed by March 2008, Hotwani said. The Outer Ring Road will have railway overbridges at Tarodi (SEC Railway – Kolkata line), Jamtha (Central Railway – Bombay line) and Bharatwada (Central Railway – Delhi line). Department has sent a proposal to the Railway Ministry for clearence. Senior Dy Engineer A V Ladhe said that the department is laying 600 mm diameter pipeline for electric cables. The underconstruction road will pass through Gavsi Manapur, Sondapar, Jamtha, Kotewada, Sumthana, Shiv Madka, Kirimati, Khadka, Sukli, Hingna, Raipur, Wanadongri, Sangam, Sawargota, Pendhri and Gondkhairi villages. PWD had acquired 177 hectares land for this road. The total land acquired for the 84-km road is 552 hectares.