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1. Introduction
   1. Pre-Investment Studies
2.  Status Of Year-1 Road Packages 
   1. Status of P01 Click here for MPR/QPR/DRB
   2. Status of P02 Click here for MPR/QPR/DRB
   3. Status of  P03 Click here for MPR/QPR/DRB
   4. Click here for Progress of OSRP
3. Construction Supervision Consultancy for Balance Works 
4. Land Acquisition  Status
5. R & R Status (Year-1)
6. HIV/AIDS Awareness (Year-1)
7. Dispute Resolution Board (Year-1)

This component will support the development of three major transport corridors by widening and strengthening o f about 461 km State Highways (SH). The road corridors and links were identified through the Strategic Options Study, which determined their priority among all the state highways, and were subjected to economic analysis to establish their economic viability.

The three corridors serve 10 districts, improve transport connectivity to current and planned industrial and mining areas and tourist locations, connect major National Highways and ports in Odisha and neighboring Andhra Pradesh, and enhance the availability of transport services to poor and tribal communities living along the comdors.

The current roads are mostly of single lane standard (3.5 meter), with some intermediate lane (5.5 meter) sections, and will be widened to double-lane (7 meters), and will have 2.5 meter shoulders on each side for a total road width o f 12 meters, except in some environmentally sensitive areas and heavily built up locations, which will be designed and developed to minimize environment and social impacts.

The list o f roads to be taken up under the project is listed in Table 1 below. In addition, the project will finance the cost o f repairing a high-level bridge on the Bansadhara River, which was damaged during the August 2007 floods. The bridge (150 meter span) is located on one o f the project corridors (Berhampur-Bangi Jn-Rayagada ) and will be reconstructed along with works for river training, embankment and approach roads.

OSRP Major Transport Corridors 

The Government of Odisha have taken up the following activities as pre-investment studies for the proposed project. 

1. Consultancy Services for preparation of Feasibility Study and Detailed Project Report preparation of Phase ? 1 Roads of Odisha State Roads Project
   - M/s Consulting Engineers Group ( India) Ltd. has been engaged for this assignment.
2. Individual Consultant's Services for Facilitator to Task Force for preparation of Institutional Strengthening Action Plan for Odisha Works Department.
   - Mr. V. Muraharireddy, Ex- E.I.C., PWD, Andhra Pradesh has been engaged for this assignment.

Public Investment

In this component the Government will borrow directly from the World Bank for the cost of the Project. The list of the road packages identified by the Government for improvement are as follows.

Brief Description of Project Roads

Bhwanipatna to Khariar is of length 68 kms and is located in Kalahandi,Nuapada and Bolangir districts of Odisha. It starts from Km 2/0( near Bhawanipatna) and ends at Km 70/0(near Khariar) . The sub-project is a section of SH-16 and is an important route connecting to NH-201 and NH-217. The existing road carriageway is of single/intermediate lane, with the road badly damaged on some portions like bridge approaches 8/600,10/537,20/979,27/650,27/949,28/928,29/239 due to overtopping of flood water of Tel River in last monsoon. The bridges at locations 54/791 and 58/760 are under re-alignment. The road traverses mostly through plain and rolling terrain and have mostly flat gradient and good geometry.

Bhadrak to Chandabali (Km 0/0 to Km 45/0 of SH-9) and Bhadrak to Anandapur (Km 0/0 to Km 50/0 of SH-53) are located in Bhadrak and Keonjhar districts. The road stretch Bhadrak.-Chandabali starts at Bhadrak (0/0) and ends at Chandabali (45/0). Bhadrak-Anandapur stretch starts form Kolkata-Chennai 4-lane highway (NH-5) at chainage 155/0.The Chandbali-Bhdrak-Anandapur stretch traverses through plain terrain and has mostly flat gradients with good geometry. The existing road carriageway is of single/intermediate lane,with the road badly damaged in many locations especially at Nalagandha,Ghusura causeway portion (Km 36/005) in Bhadrak-Chandbali stretch.

Berhampur to Taptapani road (Km 0/0 to Km 41/0 of SH-17) is of length 41 kms and is located in Ganjam district. This stretch of road takes off form NH-217 at 18th Km near Berhampur. The road traverses mostly through plains and has mostly flat gradients with good geometry.The existing carriageway width (7m is of single/intermediate lane. Major re-alignment of the road section is proposed at Km 6/800 (R/S) to avoid sharp consecutive horizontal curves. There are total 10 no.s of existing bridges, one of this is major and remaining 9 are minor bridges. Out of 9 minor bridges two at Km 11/270 and 29/500 are to be reconstructed and the remaining seven are to be rehabilitated. Berhampur to Taptapani section caters the needs of nearest town Digapahandi and it is also an important road junction.

Widening and Strengthening of Existing Carriageway to 2 lane from  Bhawanipatna  to Khariar (SH-16)(Y1-P01)

Interim Arrangements

One independent Executive Engineer of OWD has been designated as “Resident Engineer” for this package to administer the Contract as “Engineer”. Theme Engineering Services Private Limited was hired for assisting the Engineer in Construction Supervision. This interim arrangement shall continue till a regular Supervision Consultant is hired through Bank Procurement process.

• Er. Digambar Biswal               : P01    Assisted by

[ Theme Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur ]
Theme Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd. has commenced its services with effect from 1st Nov, 2010. The Expenditure for this interim arrangement shall be borne by the Government of Odisha.

Bottleneck :

1. Work has been delayed due to extended rainy season till end Oct, 2010. 
2.  Decision on Suitability of existing primary item such as GSB (Granular Sub Base) and Hydraulic Model Study on river Tel awaited from Government.

Interim Arrangements

One independent Executive Engineer of OWD has been designated as “Resident Engineer” for this package to administer the Contract as “Engineer”. Theme Engineering Services Private Limited was hired for assisting the Engineer in Construction Supervision. This interim arrangement shall continue till a regular Supervision Consultant is hired through Bank Procurement process.

1. Er. Manoranjan Misra          : P03    Assisted by

[ Theme Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur ]
Theme Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd. has commenced its services with effect from 1st Nov, 2010. The Expenditure for this interim arrangement shall be borne by the Government of Odisha.

Bottleneck :

1. Work has been delayed due to extended rainy season till end Oct, 2010.
2. Decision on Suitability of existing primary item such as GSB (Granular Sub Base) awaited from Government. 

1. Expression of Interest was issued in CE's No. 41098 Dt. 21.09.2010.
2. Till last date of submission, 22 Firms submitted their proposal, which are under scrutiny for shortlisting.
3. Draft Request for Proposal and Terms of Reference for this assignment along with the Cost Estimate was submitted to the World Bank for their review and comments. World Bank in its Email Dt. 1st Nov 2010 has forwarded its comments for incorporation and submission to Bank along with the shortlist for their clearance.

ODISHA STATE ROADS PROJECT (YEAR-II) STATUS REPORT ON LAND ACQUISITION AS ON 28.05.2011

Monthly Progress Status (Upto 28.05.2011) of 3 Corridor

Please Refer Monthly Progress Report

Odisha State Roads Project has requested to Odisha State Aids Cell(OSAC)s for technical support and sensitisation of NGOs,Contractors,Consultants and Project Mangers dealing with the Project road corridors.The process of sensitisation, by fixing and displaying Posters and Organising road shows and campaigns, is under process at plant sites and  in vulnerable areas in each road corridor. 

Few Posters From the Awareness Campaigns

As per Clause 20.2 of Volume:lI (Particular Conditions & General Conditions) of Civil Work Contracts Dispute Resolution Board (DRB) has been constituted.

(Constitution of DRB)

As per agreement the Dispute Board visited all Year-1 Road packages under Orisaa State Roads Project .The proceedings of DRB meeting are as follows.

(1st DRB Meeting Proceedings)

(2nd DRB Meeting Proceedings)

(3rd DRB Meeting Proceedings)