The Sambalpur Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Wednesday named the ring road of the city after Mahatma Gandhi on the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation.
The 7.5 km road that originates from the Dr Nelson Mandela square and connects the National Highway-53, will now be called Mahatma Gandhi Marg. The ring road runs along the river Mahanadi here.
"The SMC will inform all the government departments regarding the naming of the road after Mahatma Gandhi," said enforcement officer of SMC, Subhankar Mohanty