The choice was taken at a gathering of Cupboard Committee on Financial Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
At the moment, connectivity between Chennai, Puducherry Viluppuram and Nagapattinam depends on current 2-lane Nationwide Freeway 332A and related state highways. This causes vital congestion resulting from excessive visitors volumes, particularly in densely populated stretches and key cities alongside the hall.
To handle these challenges, the challenge will improve roughly 46 km of NH-332A from Marakkanam to Puducherry to a 4-lane configuration, an official assertion mentioned.
It will decongest the prevailing hall, enhance security, and cater to the mobility wants of quickly rising cities similar to Chennai, Puducherry Viluppuram and Nagapattinam, it added.
The challenge alignment integrates with 2 main Nationwide Highways (NH-32, NH-332) and two state highways (SH-136, SH-203), offering seamless connectivity to key financial, social, and logistics nodes throughout Tamil Nadu. Moreover, the assertion mentioned the upgraded hall will improve multi-modal integration by connecting with two railway stations (Puducherry, Chinnababusamudram), two airports (Chennai, Puducherry), and one minor port (Cuddalore), thereby facilitating sooner motion of products and passengers throughout the area Upon completion, the Marakkanam-Puducherry part will play a pivotal position in regional financial progress, strengthening connectivity between main non secular and financial centres, boosting tourism to Puducherry, and opening new avenues for commerce and industrial improvement.
The challenge may also generate roughly 8 lakh person-days of direct and 10 lakh person-days of oblique employment, and can open new avenues of progress, improvement and prosperity in surrounding areas, the assertion added.
