Forest clearance roadblock for Master Plan Road link to Bhogapuram airport
A road project connecting Visakhapatnam to the new Bhogapuram airport is delayed due to pending forest land clearance. Authorities are working to secure the necessary approvals to complete the infrastructure link within two months.
Why it matters
It illustrates the common bureaucratic and environmental challenges faced by large-scale infrastructure projects in India.
As North Coastal Andhra Pradesh steps into a new era of regional connectivity with the upcoming commissioning of the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram, an ambitious network of seven master plan roads being executed by the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) has taken centre stage.
Valued at an estimated ₹174.64 crore, the 26.72-km road grid is engineered to bypass heavy urban bottlenecks and provide seamless, rapid transit from Visakhapatnam to the greenfield airport. While several packages have witnessed rapid ground-level execution, segments like the crucial 8.02-km Adavivaram-Sontyam road have encountered distinct deceleration.
The primary impediment holding back uninterrupted progress on the Adavivaram-Sontyam corridor – a vital link connecting the Adavivaram BRTS junction to Gandigudam – is the pending statutory clearance for forest land diversion.
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