The NHAI has directed the contractor, Gammon India, to begin works immediately . The works were kept in abeyance even after completion of all formalities. Sources said the works were put on hold on oral instructions from the state government as it had planned to construct a much bigger outer ring road around the proposed state capital region. But since it will take a long time, the state government finally told the NHAI to complete the Vijayawada bypass road without further delay .
The state government plans to construct the 184 km ORR from Gannavaram to Amaravati via Tenali and Guntur. It will also build a bridge across river Krishna from Amaravati to Kanchikacherla, to finally join Gannavaram via Nunna.
