By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: After a protracted wait, the state authorities has lastly determined to assemble 15 truck terminals at a price of Rs 150 crore alongside highways to cut back accidents. The truck terminals will come up at 15 areas together with Angul, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Khurda, Ganjam, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Sambalpur and Nabarangpur within the first section through the present monetary yr. While the terminal at Balasore can be constructed by the district administration by Engineering Projects (India) Limited (EPIL), it has been determined that Odisha State Police Housing and Welfare Corporation (OPHWC) will assemble the terminals on the remaining areas.
The districts have already recognized a minimal of 10 acre land alongside nationwide and state highways for the terminals, which could have facilities and companies like restrooms, dhabas, storage amenities, weighing bridges, loading and unloading areas, restore workshop, automobile servicing facility, petrol pump and bogs. A Transport division official mentioned the Finance division has already launched round 67 per cent of the budgeted quantity of `150 crore and the remainder can be launched after submission of the utilisation certificates by the tip of December.
“The implementing agencies EPIL and OPHWC have been instructed to invest the fund in a modular or phased manner so that the infrastructure will be ready with development of land, construction of boundary wall and truck bays by end of the financial year so that trucks can be parked in these places,” he mentioned. Meanwhile, the Commerce and Transport division has requested the Transport commissioner to represent a committee to commonly monitor the tasks commonly together with the tasks to be constructed by the collectors. A 3rd-party supervision may also be performed to make sure the standard and well timed execution of the tasks.
The state noticed round 17 per cent soar in highway accidents within the first quarter of this yr. The variety of accidents went up from 2,895 to three,370 and casualties rose from 1,359 to 1,594 through the January-March interval. Fatality charge within the three-month interval was round 47 per cent.
Vital facility
The truck terminals will come up at 15 areas
The terminal at Balasore to be constructed by EPIL
OPHWC to assemble the terminals at remaining areas
BHUBANESWAR: After a protracted wait, the state authorities has lastly determined to assemble 15 truck terminals at a price of Rs 150 crore alongside highways to cut back accidents. The truck terminals will come up at 15 areas together with Angul, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Khurda, Ganjam, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Sambalpur and Nabarangpur within the first section through the present monetary yr. While the terminal at Balasore can be constructed by the district administration by Engineering Projects (India) Limited (EPIL), it has been determined that Odisha State Police Housing and Welfare Corporation (OPHWC) will assemble the terminals on the remaining areas.
The districts have already recognized a minimal of 10 acre land alongside nationwide and state highways for the terminals, which could have facilities and companies like restrooms, dhabas, storage amenities, weighing bridges, loading and unloading areas, restore workshop, automobile servicing facility, petrol pump and bogs. A Transport division official mentioned the Finance division has already launched round 67 per cent of the budgeted quantity of `150 crore and the remainder can be launched after submission of the utilisation certificates by the tip of December.
“The implementing agencies EPIL and OPHWC have been instructed to invest the fund in a modular or phased manner so that the infrastructure will be ready with development of land, construction of boundary wall and truck bays by end of the financial year so that trucks can be parked in these places,” he mentioned. Meanwhile, the Commerce and Transport division has requested the Transport commissioner to represent a committee to commonly monitor the tasks commonly together with the tasks to be constructed by the collectors. A 3rd-party supervision may also be performed to make sure the standard and well timed execution of the tasks. googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The state noticed round 17 per cent soar in highway accidents within the first quarter of this yr. The variety of accidents went up from 2,895 to three,370 and casualties rose from 1,359 to 1,594 through the January-March interval. Fatality charge within the three-month interval was round 47 per cent.
Vital facility
The truck terminals will come up at 15 areas
The terminal at Balasore to be constructed by EPIL
OPHWC to assemble the terminals at remaining areas
