The Outer Ring Road is a 119 km under construction

ring road A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...

around the city of

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, in

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. A part of the road is between NH 44 (towards south of the city) and NH 56 towards east of the city is already operational. The

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(NHAI) has issued work orders for execution of remaining stretch of 61 km. The value of work orders is Rs 1,170 crore making it the biggest ongoing road project in and around the city. After Pardi flyover, it would be second to be executed since city MP

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became union minister for road transport and highways under which NHAI is functioning. It gives an easy connectivity between

NH 44 National Highway 44 (NH 44) is a major north–south National Highway in India and is the longest in the country. It passes through the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in addition to the states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh ...

NH 53 National Highway 53, combination of old (NH6 Surat-Kolkata), (NH200 Bilaspur-Chandikhole) & (NH5A Chandikhole-Paradeep) is a national highway in India. It connects Hajira in Gujarat and Paradeep port in Odisha. NH-53 traverses the states of ...

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, MSH 3, MSH9, MSH 248, MSH 255, MH 264 and it will be linked to the under construction

Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway The Samruddhi Mahamarg or ''Nagpur-Mumbai Super Communication Expressway'' (officially known as Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg) is a partially opened 6-lane wide (expandable to 8), 701-km long access-co ...

Project Details

For speedy completion, the

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divided the stretch of 61 km into two parts. Mumbai-based MEP Infrastructure Pvt Ltd bagged both the contracts worth Rs 531 crore and Rs 639 crore in 2018 on build-operate-transfer basis.

issued letter of acceptance to MEP Infrastructure on 31 March 2018. The entire 61-km stretch of ORR will be in concrete. The project will be developed under

's hybrid annuity system.

will pay 40% of total cost to the contractor during the construction period. Remaining 60% will be paid in three instalments over 15 years from the date of completion with a fixed rate of return. The project is first project in the state, and second in the country, to be developed under hybrid annuity system.

will levy toll to recover the project cost. Toll will be recovered by NHAI through a private agency other than one executing the project.

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Under this project, NHAI will construct a new 40-km cement concrete, four-lane road from Gondkhairi on Amravati road to Bhilgaon-Sirpur on Kamptee-Jabalpur section of

road via Fetri on

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road, Bharatwada, Panjara on Koradi-

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section of

. It will also widen 21 km stretch Gondkhairi to Gavasi Manapur on

from existing two-lane to four-lane and convert it to concrete road. The ORR will also have an interchange with the under construction

. NHAI will construct five railway overbridges, 20 minor bridges and 15 underpasses under the project.

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