[1] The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued work orders for execution of remaining stretch of 61 km.
The value of work orders is Rs 1,170 crore making it the biggest ongoing road project in and around the city.
After Pardi flyover, it would be second to be executed since city MP Nitin Gadkari became union minister for road transport and highways under which NHAI is functioning.
The work on 28km package-II of the ORR from Fetri on Kalmeshwar-Katol Road towards Kamptee-Jabalpur NH44 highway will be completed in the next two months.
It will also widen 21 km stretch Gondkhairi to Gavasi Manapur on NH 44 from existing two-lane to four-lane and convert it to concrete road.