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The ambitious state coastal highway project is in limbo, according to allegations levied by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). The party, in a press meet on Tuesday, alleged that the centre has abruptly backtracked from the project and has cancelled tenders for the project.
Senior BJD leader Sanjay Das Burma alleged that the tender for the first phase of the Coastal Highway, spanning 176 kilometres, has been indefinitely scrapped. "I have come to know from various sources in NHAI that there is an indefinite stay on the project," he stated.
Das Burma also claimed that the Union Government is now planning to downgrade the project from a fo...