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Centre Greenlights 110 Km Bhubhaneshwar Capital Ring Road; Project To Boost Freight Efficiency And Cut Logistics Costs
A map of the proposed ring road project
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the construction of a six-lane access-controlled Capital Region Ring Road around Bhubaneswar.
The 110.875 km project, to be built on the Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM), will cost Rs 8,307.74 crore.
The corridor is designed to ease congestion on the existing stretch between Rameshwar and Tangi, which currently faces heavy traffic through Khordha, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
The official statement stressed that by diverting commercial vehicles away from these urban centres, the project will significantly improve freight movement, cut logistics costs, and drive socio-economic growth across Odisha and adjoining eastern states.
The alignment will integrate with three National Highways: NH-55, NH-57 and NH-655 and State Highway 65.
According to the project details, the new bypass will connect 10 economic clusters including a Special Economic Zone, a mega food park, textile and pharmaceutical hubs, and a fishing cluster.
It will also pass through four social nodes and five logistics hubs, strengthening industrial corridors while improving access to aspirational and tribal districts.
The ring road is expected to generate 74.43 lakh person-days of direct and 93.04 lakh person-days of indirect employment. With estimated traffic of 28,282 passenger car units (PCU) daily by FY25, the highway is projected to become a crucial economic lifeline.
