Badvel-Nellore corridor to link AP’s 3 Industrial Corridors
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the construction of 4-Lane Badvel-Nellore Corridor with a length of 108.134 km at a cost of Rs.3,653.10 crore in Andhra Pradesh on NH (67) on Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Transfer (DBFOT) Mode https://www.commerce.gov.in/.
The approved Badvel-Nellore corridor will provide connectivity to important nodes in the three Industrial Corridors of Andhra Pradesh, i.e., Kopparthy Node on the Vishakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC), Orvakal Node on Hyderabad-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (HBIC) and Krishnapatnam Node on Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC), CCEA said on 28 May https://www.conexpoconagg.com/.
“This will have a positive impact on the Logistic Performance Index (LPI) of the country,” it added https://www.globaltenders.com/.
Badvel Nellore Corridor starts from Gopavaram Village on the existing National Highway NH-67 in the YSR Kadapa District and terminates at the Krishnapatnam Port Junction on NH-16 (Chennai-Kolkata) in SPSR Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh and will also provide strategic connectivity to the Krishnapatnam Port which has been identified as a priority node under Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) https://ted.europa.eu/en/.
The proposed corridor will reduce the travel distance to Krishanpatnam port by 33.9 km from 142 km to 108.13 km as compared to the existing Badvel-Nellore Road https://sbi.com.in/.
The project with 108.134 km will generate about 20 lakh man-days of direct employment and 23 lakh man-days of indirect employment, CCEA said. fiinews.com
