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The Odisha government has unveiled a comprehensive highway expansion blueprint proposing the augmentation of 7,290 km of road corridors across the state, framed under its Vision 2036 roadmap aligned with the Centre's Viksit Bharat 2047 strategy. The plan comprises 3,300 km of National Highway corridors, 2,000 km of state non-NH arteries, 760 km of inter-corridor and coastal connectivity routes, and 850 km of district-level capacity augmentation. The Principal Secretary of the Works Department has directed all district collectors to align local land-use and project planning with the new master plan.
The Government of Odisha has unveiled a comprehensive highway network expansion blueprint proposing the augmentation of 7,290 kilometres of road corridors across the state. Framed under the state's Vision 2036 roadmap, which aligns with India's long-term Viksit Bharat 2047 strategy, the master plan aims to strengthen industrial logistics, facilitate port connectivity, and support projected multi-decade traffic growth.
In an official directive issued to all district collectors, Principal Secretary of the Works Department Sanjay Kumar Singh instructed local administrations to align district-level land use and project planning with the new master plan, signalling that implementation will require coordinated action across the state's local governance structures rather than remaining confined to the works department alone.
The blueprint breaks down the proposed 7,290-km expansion into four distinct categories. National Highway corridors account for the largest share, with 3,300 km designated for expansion along key freight routes connecting the state's industrial and mining belts to ports and interstate markets. State non-NH corridors make up a further 2,000 km of major arteries, while inter-corridor and coastal connectivity routes span 760 km, aimed specifically at integrating port infrastructure with the state's hinterland. The remaining 850 km is earmarked for district-level capacity augmentation, covering incremental intra-district road upgrades intended to strengthen last-mile access within individual districts. The plan additionally calls for four-lane feeder routes equivalent to 25 to 30 per cent of the length of the main corridors, intended to secure first- and last-mile logistics connectivity feeding into the larger network.
The Vision 2036 highway plan builds on a broader set of infrastructure commitments the state government has outlined in recent months. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has previously said the state has implemented the State Road Policy 2025 and the State Highway Authority Act 2025 to strengthen its long-term road planning framework, alongside a stated target of constructing 75,000 km of roads over the next five years. For the current financial year, the Central government has approved national highway projects worth INR 13,069 crore for Odisha, in addition to 19 road projects worth INR 4,000 crore and 13 further projects worth INR 9,000 crore that have already been sanctioned.
The highway plan forms part of a wider suite of Vision 2036-aligned infrastructure initiatives the state government has been rolling out across sectors, including roads, ports, metro rail and airports, alongside the formation of 21 new Notified Area Councils to strengthen urban planning in emerging towns. With the directive to district collectors now issued, the coming months are expected to bring greater clarity on project-level rollout, land acquisition requirements and funding arrangements as the state moves to translate the 7,290-km blueprint into an executable pipeline of individual highway and road projects.
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