New Jagannath Sadak

New Jagannath Sadak (also known as Nua Jagannath Sadak/Jagannath Sadak )- The road to Jagannath Dham, Puri :

Total length: 96 km; covering 3 major districts of Odisha - Puri , Khurdha, Nayagarh.'

Passes through 6 assembly segments. Road is from Biranarsinghpur of Puri to Sarankula of Nayagarh.

Road inaugurated : 1996 by Janaki Ballabh Patnaik , Former CM, Odisha.

Road work started :1987

Road completed: 1996 (before Nabakalebara).

Road connecting NH-203 with NH-5 , also connects NH-203(A) with NH-224.

It connects Puri with Western Odisha and Southern Odisha; also connecting it with western

India and southern India. Maximum part of the road is made from Concrete because the road passes through the maximum flood areas. On 9 July 2015 Union minister of Road Transport and National Highway Shree Nitin Gadkari declared New Jagannath Sadak as a National Highway .

The road plays a role in tourism and economic transportation of Odisha.

New Jagannath Sadak is one of those roads in our Odisha, which passes through paddy fields,rivers, hills, forests, villages, temples, big markets, ponds n many more.

New Jagannath sadak connects Puri with nearer tourist places like Barkul, Nirmalajhara, Gopalpur,Tara Tarini Temple, Banapur, Odagaon, Sarankul, Maninag Temple. It also connects Puri with Brahmapur, Nayagarh, Balangir, Phulbani, Kalahandi, Sonepur, Boudh n Sambalpur etc. . New Jagannath Sadak passes through Sarankul, Raj-Ranpur, Rameswar, Nirakarpur, Jankia-Gadasahi, Bijipur n Chandanpur town.

Tourists and tourist buses from Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are going to Puri by New Jagannath Sadak.New jagannath sadak is being developed into a 2 lane carriage way for Nabakalebara .

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