Bhubaneswar: Boosting the city’s road infrastructure, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday inaugurated the Infocity-Ekamra Kanan Road and laid the foundation stone for Jayadev Vihar-Nandankanan Road as well as a flyover on it.Infocity-Ekamra Kanan Road is an important stretch for which a massive eviction drive was carried out recently to free the govt land from encroachment. The stretch connects the existing side road from Salia Sahi Square via Hatiasuni to Infocity, together forming the left parallel road.Construction of the road has decongested the old stretch between Jayadev Vihar and Nandankanan, which will also undergo renovation.Govt sources said a multi-agency special eviction and demolition drive was carried out to expedite work on the proposed left-parallel road, which helped reclaim 800 metres of govt land in Salia Sahi.The road is 60 metres (200ft) wide, and after it joins the stretch at Salia Sahi, it becomes a 13 km of seamless alternate road for the city. The parallel road was essential to decongest the main Bhubaneswar-Cuttack National Highway-16, which most people use to shuttle between the two cities.Along the Jayadev Vihar-Patia-KIIT Square that caters to residents, there are several hotels, corporate offices, big residential complexes, Nandankanan Zoo and a private university. This road is now taking the traffic load, and during the evening, it becomes heavily congested.The existing Jayadev Vihar-Nandankanan stretch, which will undergo renovation, will also simultaneously see a flyover over it as part of a futuristic plan to expand the city’s road network while addressing the congestion issue.The CM also laid the foundation for a rest room at Unit-II. Officials said the rest room will be a 20-storey building in the heart of the city, which will be able to accommodate 2,500 people at one time. To be spread over 3 acres, it will be built at a cost of Rs 574 crore, officials said.
