The 108km corridor to reduce travel distance to Krishnapatnam port by 34km
Vijayawada: The cabinet committee on economic affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the construction of a 4-Lane Badvel-Nellore corridor through 108.134km at a cost of Rs.3653.10 crore.
This would be erected on NH 67 in Andhra Pradesh, on the design-build-finance-operate-transfer (DBFOT) mode.
The corridor will connect important nodes in the three industrial corridors of Andhra Pradesh --the Kopparthy node on the Visakhapatnam-Chennai industrial corridor (VCIC), the Orvakal node on Hyderabad-Bengaluru industrial corridor (HBIC) and the Krishnapatnam node on Chennai-Bengaluru industrial corridor (CBIC).
This will have a positive impact on the logistic performance index of the country.
The Badvel Nellore corridor starts from Gopavaram Village on the existing NH-67 in YSR Kadapa district and terminates at the Krishnapatnam port junction on NH-16 (Chennai-Kolkata) in SPSR Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.
This would also provide strategic connectivity to the Krishnapatnam port, which has been identified as a priority node under the Chennai-Bengaluru industrial corridor (CBIC).
The proposed corridor would reduce the travel distance to Krishnapatnam port by 33.9km -- from 142km to 108.13km -- compared to the existing Badvel-Nellore road. This would reduce the travel time by one hour and ensure reduced fuel consumption, thereby reducing carbon footprint and vehicle operating cost.
The project will generate about 20 lakh man-days of direct employment and 23 lakh man-days of indirect employment. The project would also induce additional employment opportunities due to increase in economic activity in the vicinity of the proposed corridor.
