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Four-laning of Nagpur-Umred, Saoner-Gondkhairi roads soon

Nagpur: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is all set to widen Nagpur to Umrer and Gondkhairi to Kamleshwar to Dhapewada to Saoner national highways from existing single-lane to four-lane soon. The NHAI has completed tendering process and finalized companies for executing the two road projects.

NHAI official told TOI that the two projects with length of 70km will cost Rs900 crore and will not have toll tax as they are being executed on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) model. “Central government’s ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) has sanctioned funds for the two projects. A deadline of two years has been finalized for both the projects,” he said.

NHAI official added that the letter of acceptance (LOA) has been issued in both the projects. “DP Jain and Co Infrastructure Private Ltd will execute Nagpur to Umred four-laning with a length of 41km and cost of Rs420 crore. Dilip Buildcon obtained Gondkhairi to Kamleshwar to Dhapewada to Saoner four-laning project of 28.87km and cost of Rs480.06 crore,” he said.

Nagpur to Umred stretch is a part of national highway 353 which ends at Armori in Gadchiroli district. The road sees heavy traffic. The four-laning of this stretch will come as a huge relief for people going from Nagpur to Umrer and vice versa. Also, tourists going to two tiger reserves — Umred-Karhandla and Tadoba — will also benefit. The project will also bring some relief for those going to Nagbhid, Brahmapuri in Chandrapur district and Gadchiroli district respectively.

The NHAI has proposed to also widen stretch from Umred to Nagbhid to Brahmapuri to Armori to four-lane.

The stretch from Gondkhairi to Kamleshwar to Dhapewada to Saoner is a part of national highway 547 which connects Nagpur district with Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh. The stretch also links with national highway from Saoner to Ramtek to Bhandara.

The roads from Saoner to Ramtek to Bhandara and Mansar to Tumsar to Tiroda are also being widened and tarred. The NHAI has also proposed to widen Nagpur to Kalmeshwar to Katol road to four-lane. This road also sees heavy traffic. But the proposal is pending as land acquisition has not been completed yet. The collector office is still acquiring land for widening this stretch.

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