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NHAI issues notification to acquire land for construction of Outer Ring Road

Times News Network Kanpur: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a notification for acquiring land for the 93-km-long Outer Ring Road of Kanpur Nagar. The acquisition will take place phase-wise. In the first phase, the notification has been issued for acquiring land to construct a 22.5 km-long bypass between Mandhana and Sachendi. The land will be acquired from 79 villages of Kanpur Dehat and Kanpur Nagar district. As per the procedure, the district magistrate will soon nominate an officer as a prescribed authority who will issue notification to prohibit sale of the land to be acquired by the government. The district administration felt the need of constructing an Outer Ring Road to control traffic jams on roads. The Ring Road, to begin from Mandhana (situated on GT Road) will pass through Sachendi and connect with the Kanpur-Etawah highway. Turning to Ramaipur from this point, it will cross Kanpur-Sagar highway and Kanpur-Prayagraj highway at Ruma. From Ruma, the Ring Road will turn to Kanpur-Lucknow highway and then pass through Atta in Unnao district and culminate at Mandhana. Project director, Pankaj Mishra said, “The Ring Road will be constructed in four phases. The first phase will reduce traffic pressure on city roads because from Mandhana a road up to Chandra Shekhar Azad Agriculture University connects Lucknow highway”. As the first phase would connect Kanpur-Etawah highway, the traffic for Lucknow and Prayagraj would be diverted to the other side, Mishra said. The notification of land acquisition for the first phase has already been issued and notifications for land acquisition for the remaining three phases would be issued soon, he said. In all, land from 271 villages would be acquired for the Ring Road, he added. The villages to be affected by land acquisition in the first phase are from Mandhana to Sachendi inKanpur Dehat, Bagwat, Malikpur, Makrandpur Bantha, Todarpur, Pratappur Khas, Dhikia, Baghpur, Anne, Rasatpur, Fattepur, Nihuta, Tikri, Hridayapur, Pratappur, Bara Khera, Singhpur, Divani, Ranjeetpur, Bhaupur, Kharagpur Bithoor, Chakradharpur, Basusi and Nihuta. The villages to be affected in Kanpur Nagar district are Kharagpur, Chakratanpur, Tikra, Ritepur, Surar, Tul, Bhul, Naktu, Bhisi, Jargaon Bhauti, Pratappur, Sujanpur, Dharmangatpur, Katra Ghanshyam, Bhisar, Pakri, Dalelpur, Sheikhpur, Sachendi (one and two), Halpura, Kurmikhera, Choheypur, Pakkhan, etc.

The Times of India

2021-09-12

Kanpur