Coastal Highway Project may soon be a reality and a great opportunity for tourism in Odisha

Odisha has one of the longest coastal line in India and the beaches in coastal line of Odisha is breath taking. A coastal highway in Odisha would be a great opportunity tourism in Odisha. The ambitious 415 km Gopalpur-Digha coastal highway project in Odisha has been given a clearance by Odisha government. Budgeted to be around 7500cr highway project passing through the coastal areas of the state was proposed under the Bharatmala Pariyojana of the Centre.

With the decks being cleared, the project is now out of uncertainty after the state government agreed to the original alignment (ground plan) of the Satpada-Digha stretch of the project after years of rift. The state government is yet to give its nod on 95-km Gopalpur to Satpada stretch via Chilika lake. Bur assuming this is going to be cleared soon we can have weekend plans on the beaches of Gopalpur and Puri and many other places in Odisha.

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