NHAI issued notification for acquisition of land for construction of Outer Ring Road. Kanpur News – Times of India

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Kanpur: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a notification notification For acquisition of land for 93 km long outer ring road of Kanpur Nagar.
The acquisition will happen in a phased manner. In the first phase, notification for land acquisition has been issued for the construction of 22.5 km long bypass between Mandhana and Sachendi. Land will be acquired from 79 villages of Kanpur Dehat and Kanpur Nagar district.
As per the procedure, the district magistrate will soon designate an officer as a prescribed authority who will issue a notification prohibiting the sale of land to be acquired by the government.
The district administration felt the need for construction of Outer Ring Road to control the traffic jams on the roads.
The Ring Road starting from Mandhana (located on GT Road) will pass through Sachendi and connect with Kanpur-Etawah Highway. From here turning towards Ramaipur it will cross Kanpur-Sagar Highway and Kanpur-Prayagraj Highway at Ruma.
From Ruma, the Ring Road will turn towards Kanpur-Lucknow Highway and then pass through Atta in Unnao district and terminate at Mandhana.
Project Director Pankaj Mishra said, “The Ring Road will be constructed in four phases. The first phase will reduce traffic congestion on city roads as the road from Mandhana to Chandrashekhar Azad Agricultural University connects to the Lucknow Highway.
Mishra said that the first phase will connect Kanpur-Etawah highway, traffic for Lucknow and Prayagraj will be diverted to the other side.
He said that the notification of land acquisition for the first phase has already been issued and the notification of land acquisition for the remaining three phases would be issued soon. He said that land of total 271 villages would be acquired for Ring Road.
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, Fettepur, 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.

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