Bhubaneswar, July 1 -- Odisha cabinet on Wednesday approved a major infrastructure project to upgrade the Jaydev Vihar-Nandankanan Road stretch in Bhubaneswar, aiming to transform it into a high-capacity urban transport corridor with flyovers, service roads, and improved safety features.

The Works Department has cleared the improvement of a 9.5 km stretch from Kalinga Stadium Gate No. 4 to Raghunathpur Bridge.

The project will expand the existing 6-lane road into an 8-lane corridor and include multiple flyovers at key junctions such as Jaydev Vihar, Kalinga Hospital Square, Damana Square, and KIIT Square.

Designed to ease congestion between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, the corridor will feature grade-separated junctions, service roads, slip ...