GUNTUR: The stage has been finally set for the launch of much-awaited works on the Inner Ring Road (IRR) as Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) has decided to finalise the tenders by the end of the month. CRDA will be spending close to Rs 33 crore to complete the construction of final phase of the IRR.The works on the final stretch have been pending for the past 8 years due to the differences between R&B, Guntur Municipal Corporation (GMC) and CRDA. The first two phases of the project were completed by the erstwhile urban development authority-VGTM Uda. Although, VGTM has been upgraded as CRDA, the agency refused to take the costs of the IRR due to its focus on the core capital city area.However, the MPs Galla Jayadev and Rayapati Sambasiva Rao brought pressure on the authorities of the CRDA and convinced them to complete the project in view of the growing traffic woes of the public in Guntur city.Besides reducing the traffic snarls in the city, completion of final phase of IRR will also help connect the capital city area with the industrial belt of Palnadu region in shortest mode. The cement laden vehicles coming from Gurazala and Macherla constituencies could directly reach the capital city Amaravati area without entering Guntur city once the IRR is completed.Meanwhile, the joint survey carried out by the GMC town planning wing, CRDA and survey and land records identified that it would require about seven acres of private land along the 4.21 km long stretch. The officials held negotiations with the land owners and those who constructed houses along the road stretch.While 75 per cent of the land owners have agreed to give up the land in return of the issuance of Transferable Development Rights (TDR), remaining land owners are said to be insisting for payment of compensation in case. In addition to the seven acres of private patta land, the survey identified that there are about 122 houses in the encroached land which needed to be evacuated for taking up the works.With GMC promising to grant houses to all the dwellers losing houses during land acquisition, the process has been put on fast track. All the oustees would be granted houses in the NTR housing colony in Adavitakkellapadu located close to the IRR.

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