Bhubaneswar, June 1 -- In a major infrastructure push aimed at easing traffic congestion along one of Odisha's busiest road corridors, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has accelerated the expansion of the Palasuni Bridge on National Highway-16 from four lanes to six lanes. The project is expected to significantly improve connectivity between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, two rapidly growing urban centres that witness heavy daily commuter and commercial traffic.

The Palasuni junction has, for years, remained a critical bottleneck on NH-16, often witnessing traffic snarls during peak hours due to increasing vehicular movement and rapid urbanisation along the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack stretch. With traffic volume steadily rising in tand...