Covid delays highway projects in Vizag

  • | Tuesday | 13th July, 2021

The widening of the Anandapuram-Anakapalle (51-km road) stretch via Pendurthi and Sabbavaram towns was supposed to have been completed by July 2021.

The second wave of covid-19 has affected many working bodies and various projects that were supposed to be completed are still under the pressure to be completed.

Land acquisition in some areas and Covid-19 have delayed the ambitious Anandapuram-Anakapalle six-lane highway project in Visakhapatnam district.

The widening of the Anandapuram-Anakapalle (51-km road) stretch via Pendurthi and Sabbavaram towns was supposed to have been completed by July 2021.

Around 80% of the works are complete but the project has been delayed over acquiring land in parts of Pendurthi and Sabbavaram mandals.

A few persons who have lost their land for the project have approached the court, seeking additional compensation, leading to delay in completion of project works.

“If everything goes as per plans, it will take eight to 10 months to complete the project. Land acquisition in a few locations under Pendurthi mandal and Covid-19 have delayed the project. We are expecting the land acquisition issues to be sorted out soon,” said Anakapalle MLA Gudiwada Amarnath.

Speaking, ADCP (traffic) Ch Adinarayana said the Anandapuram-Anakapalle stretch will be a boon for commuters in the city too.
“If the project is completed, it will clear around 30 to 40% of the traffic problems on the highway stretch in the city limits and it will also reduce the number of fatal and non-fatal accidents as most of the road accidents are reported on the Anandapuram and Madhurawada stretch,” he added.

Once the project is completed, heavy vehicles plying from Srikakulam to Vijayawada will be diverted at Anandapuram to reach Anakapalle without passing through the city.

Similarly, vehicles heading towards Srikakulam from Vijayawada can be diverted from Anakapalle to Anandapuram where the original Chennai-Kolkata highway connects.


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