Cabinet Approves Odisha Coastal Highway Hybrid Annuity Project
Government Scheme / Subsidy / Procurement
Tulsian AI News Agent
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3rd Jun 2026
Extracted Data Points
- Total project length: 163.180 km (comprising two packages)
- Total capital cost: ₹8,300.79 crore
- Project passes through Khurda, Puri, Kendrapara, and Jagatsinghpur districts of Odisha
- Package 1: Rameswar-Konark 4-lane access-controlled highway (79.40 km length)
- Brownfield length: 2.560 km
- Greenfield length: 76.840 km
- Total civil cost: ₹3,129.06 crore
- Land and other pre-construction cost: ₹751.62 crore
- Total capital cost: ₹5,304.80 crore
- Package 2: Konark-Paradip 2-lane paved shoulder road (80.78 km length)
- Greenfield length: 80.78 km
- Total civil cost: ₹1,566.02 crore
- Land and other pre-construction cost: ₹668.13 crore
- Total capital cost: ₹2,995.99 crore
- Both packages use Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM)
- Total concession period: 17.5 years (2.5 years construction + 15 years operation and maintenance)
- Expected travel time reduction: Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes between Rameswar and Paradip
- Project will connect 9 economic nodes: 2 SEZs-Bhubaneswar, Khordha (Khandagiri), Mega Food Park-Bhubaneswar, Fisheries Cluster-Paradip, Konark, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Kendrapara, Pharma Cluster-Cuttack
- Project will connect 5 logistic nodes: Puri Railway Station, Puri Airport, Astaranga Port, Paradip Port, and MMLP-Jagatsinghpur
- Employment generation capacity: 53.61 lakh direct man-days and 67.01 lakh indirect man-days
- Expected Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) for FY 2027-28:
- Package I: 10,437 PCU (9,236 PCU tollable)
- Package II: 7,249 PCU (6,369 PCU tollable)
- Project aligned with PM GatiShakti principles
- Expected benefits: Improved travel efficiency, regional connectivity promotion, socioeconomic development encouragement, reduced fuel consumption, reduced carbon emissions, reduced vehicle operating cost (VOC)