Vijayawada has got its first bypass after decades. Vijayawada is possibly the only city in India with four NHs going through the middle of the city without a single bypass. The citizens have been struggling to manage heavy vehicular traffic moving through the city for decades as successive governments failed to put the plans on track.
Finally, the six-lane Vijayawada bypass from China Autupalli to Gollapudi on NH16 is nearing completion. Interestingly, this is not a mere bypass but also acts as an outer ring road from the west side of the city making it two bypasses to connect both NH16 (Chennai to Kolkata) and NH65 (Vijayawada to Hyderabad)
This has coming up with a river overbridge near Gollapadi which ends near China Kakani on the outskirts of Mangalagiri town in Guntur district. Centre had cleared the project under Bharat Mala Pariyojana.
The bypass (Vijayawada West outer ring road) has been split into two packages. While the Gollapudi-China Autupalli section was bagged by Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (Meil), the package from Gollapudi to China Kakani with a river overbridge had been granted to a consortium of Adani Enterprises Ltd and Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd.
The six-lane NH will ease traffic congestion for vehicles traveling to Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad as they would be able to bypass Vijayawada City.
Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has also got the East Bypass cleared by the Centre, works on which will commence shortly.
The journey time from Vizag to Bangalore, Vizag to Chennai, Vizag to Hyderabad will reduce.
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