Varanasi: Immediately after the inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ring Road Phase-2 Package-1, which will provide connectivity to Varanasi-Allahabad (Highway-2) and Varanasi-Lucknow (NH-6) after cutting the Bhadohi highway, it will be opened for Travel.
Now, it works on package-2 to connect Varanasi-Ghazipur (NH-29) with the NH-2 in Chandauli abandoned and is expected to be completed in December 2022.
National Highway Authority Director of India Project Varanasi Hospital Yadav Informed Toi on Saturday, “Package Ring Road Phase-2-I, which has been built with the total cost of RS1011.29 Crores projects including land acquisition and civil work, almost finished traveling.
However, it will be opened to go immediately after the inauguration by PM on October 25 after completing small work On a few points.
“Project Ring Road Phase-2 Package-1 is 17 km to connect the NH-56 in Harahua with NH-2 in Mohansarai, said Yadav added, with almost two third works of the Varanasi Ring-Road project will be completed as a ring -Road Phase-1 Working in a 16.55 km area between Harahua in NH-56 and NH-29 has been completed and was inaugurated by PM on November 2018.
Since then phase-1 Ring-Road-1 is being used to travel.
Yadav said that working in package-2 of the phase-2 ring-2 of the project where the NH-29 must be connected with the NH-2 in the Chandauli district was 40% so far.
A main bridge on the Ganges River is being built and after cleaning all obstacles in land acquisition, which waved the project, civil works in the entire stretch of package ongoing with an investment of Rs 1,300 crores.
This will be completed in December 2022, he added.
The Ring-Road project was announced in 2000 at that time the Government Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
However, the project saw light a day after the NDA government led by BJP returned to power in the center in 2014.
NHAI took the project on priority and launched its first phase in 2015.
The foundation of the project was placed by the President.
RAM Nath Kovind in March 2018, but worked lingering because of the protest of landowners, who were delayed in completing the land acquisition process.