All About Chambal Expressway, Atal Pragati Path
A four-lane road that connects the three states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan is the projected Chambal Expressway. The Chambal River inspired the name of this toll road because it would follow the river’s course. Initiated in 2017, it gained traction once it was decided that the project will be a part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana (BMP) Phase-other I’s imposing street and roads assignment. The proposed Chambal Expressway, also known as the Atal Pragati Path, would pass through five districts in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. It would start from Kota in Rajasthan and travel to Etawah in Uttar Pradesh via the Sheopur and Morena districts of Madhya Pradesh. The cost of the planned motorway is around Rs 9,000 crores.
The Chambal Expressway is a four-lane expressway also known as the Atal Progressway. It is a six-lane, entirely access-managed toll road in Greenfield. This method allows for the upload of lanes in the future.
The assignment lasts 423 kilometers. It will cover 306 kilometers in Madhya Pradesh, 47 kilometers in Uttar Pradesh, and 72 kilometers in Rajasthan. In Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan, the right of way (RoW) may be 100 m and 60 m, respectively.
The acquisition of 3,900 hectares of land was necessary for this job. It is a flat terrain assignment, and the majority of the area obtained for renovation is agricultural, forested, and barren. The design of the motorway will allow vehicles to pass each other at a mean speed of 120 km/hr. The estimated assignment cost is Rs 9,000 crore.
The forthcoming assignment is completely based on the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM). Chambal Expressway: Atal Pragati Path Route Reports support Chambal Expressway’s potential to connect 5 districts in 3 states, including Rajasthan, Kota, Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur, Bhind, and Morena, Uttar Pradesh, Etawah
The National Green Tribunal had previously protested the freeway’s intended routing through the National Chambal Sanctuary, a sensitive ecological area. To avoid this, a different alignment has been purposefully chosen, complicating the land acquisition process. Instead of 162, the road will now bypass 214 communities. Along with the East-West Corridor, the North-South Corridor, the Golden Quadrilateral, the Bundelkhand Expressway, and the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, it will cross seven National Highways at the route.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been refused permission by the NGT to build the Chambal Expressway, according to recent information sources. As a result, adjustments were made to conserve your environmentally sensitive quarter in Chambal Valley. In place of 8, the road will now bypass 10 rivers. In this alignment, the land acquisition strategy will take longer since, although before around 75% of the land belonged to the government, today about 90% of the land is private agricultural property.
Although the process of acquiring land at the previous alignment has already begun in part, the extrusion inside the course will delay the process because the majority of the land is held by private businesses. Originally, the completion date was set for 2027, but because of the challenging land acquisition process, it might happen now.
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