Overview

• Chaired by the Prime Minister, the CCEA cleared a six-lane access-controlled Capital Region Ring Road (Bhubaneswar Bypass) in Odisha.
• The corridor spans 110.875 km from Tangi to Rameshwar on NH-16 with a total capital cost of Rs 8,307.74 crore.
• Implementation will follow the Hybrid Annuity Model, described by officials as a public–private partnership variant.
• The alignment connects NH-55, NH-57, NH-655 and SH-65 and links to a major railway station, an airport, a proposed MMLP and two major ports.
• Officials project diversion of heavy commercial traffic from Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Khordha with improved freight efficiency and about 74.43 lakh direct and 93.04 lakh indirect person-days of work, as the Odisha chief minister welcomed the approval.