Bypass road to ease traffic in Chatra town

Chatra: A 14.23km bypass road will soon be built in Chatra town. It has been a long pending demand of locals to ease traffic woes in the key area of the district. The highway wing of the state road construction department has floated a tender for its construction estimated to cost Rs 196 crore. The road will pass through 14 villages.
The traffic has increased manifold over the years but narrow roads make commuting difficult as a result of which a bypass is planned to ease snarls, said officials.
Sources said for the road, 194 acres of raiyati land and 54 hectares of forest land will be acquired. “We will soon begin the land acquisition process,” said an official, adding that the work is expected to start in December this year or January next year with a two-year completion deadline.
Executive engineer of the road construction department, Satyendra Singh said, “This bypass project is of Rs 196 crore. We have applied for no objection certificate from the forest department for some patches of land falling in their area.”