Centre allocates additional Rs 658 crore for semi ring road in Kashmir

The additional funds have been allocated after little progress was reported in the project due to hassles in land acquisition, they said.

The Srinagar semi ring road project is divided into two phases.

Under the first phase, the project was terminated by the contractor due to “non-handing” of minimum 90 percent land.

“Now the additional Rs 658.41 crore have been approved for land acquisition,” the officials said.

For the phase second, the detailed project report (DPR) is under revision for change of alignment.

Under this phase, a two-way road will start at Narbal and meet in Ganderbal which is likely to cost Rs 1,195 crore in Phase-I and Rs 448 crore in Phase-II.

The road length in the Phase-I will be 34.72 kilometers and in the Phase-II 27.2 kilometers with a toll plaza at Narbal Junction.

In the proposed four-lane road project from Galander to Narbal, there will be 155 culverts, two road-over bridges, two flyovers, five major junctions, 17 minor junctions and one toll plaza.

The two-lane road from Narbal to Ganderbal will have 135 culverts, five major junctions and nine minor junctions.

The projects will keep room for widening from four-lane to six-lane and from two-lane to four-lane to cater to future needs.