Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Odisha Coastal Highway to Cut Rameshwar-Paradeep Travel Time
Odisha plans to build a new highway along its coast.
It will connect Rameshwar, Konark and Paradeep.
The road is expected to make the trip from Rameshwar to Paradeep about two and a half hours shorter.
The project will be built in two parts.
The first part, from Rameshwar to Konark, will have four lanes.
The second part, from Konark to Paradeep, will have two lanes and paved shoulders.
Both parts are planned for vehicles traveling up to 100 kilometres per hour.
The highway is also expected to help people and goods reach ports, railway facilities, an airport and other hubs more easily.
Odisha’s proposed 160-kilometre Coastal Highway is expected to reduce Rameshwar-Paradeep travel time by about 2.5 hours.
The National Highways Authority of India will develop the access-controlled highway in two packages.
The Rameshwar-Konark package will span 79.40 kilometres, including greenfield and brownfield sections, and have four lanes.
The Konark-Paradeep package will cover 80.78 kilometres as a two-lane highway with paved shoulders.
The project will cost ₹8,300.79 crore and is expected to improve access to coastal districts, economic nodes and logistics hubs.
- Who
- The National Highways Authority of India is developing the highway.
- What
- A proposed approximately 160-kilometre coastal highway will connect Rameshwar, Konark and Paradeep and is expected to cut travel time by about 2.5 hours.
- When
- The articles do not specify a completion or opening date.
- Where
- The project will run through Odisha’s coastal belt, covering the Rameshwar-Konark and Konark-Paradeep routes and improving connectivity across Khurda, Puri, Kendrapada and Jagatsinghpur districts.
- Why
- The highway is intended to provide faster road connectivity, support freight movement and improve access to economic and logistics centres.
- Approximate total length
- 160 kilometres
- Route
- Rameshwar-Konark-Paradeep
- Expected time saving
- Around 2 hours 30 minutes between Rameshwar and Paradeep
- First package
- 79.40 kilometres from Rameshwar to Konark; four-lane access-controlled highway with 76.84 kilometres of greenfield alignment and 2.56 kilometres of brownfield development
- Second package
- 80.78 kilometres from Konark to Paradeep; two-lane highway with paved shoulders
- Capital cost
- ₹8,300.79 crore, comprising ₹5,304.80 crore for the first package and ₹2,995.99 crore for the second
- Implementation and design
- Hybrid Annuity Mode; both sections planned for a design speed of 100 kmph
- Connected hubs
- The corridor is expected to connect nine economic nodes and five logistics nodes, including Puri Railway Station, Puri Airport, Astarang Port, Paradeep Port and the Multimodal Logistics Park at Jagatsinghpur
