The funding agency has refused to start road widening work for the Rs 800 crore worth state highway project as the state government agencies have failed to make the transfer of the 30 per cent of roadside land to the executing agency, sources said.
The project that envisages widening the circuitous 106 km long highway is widely regarded as lifeline for people in Kendrapara district. Besides Kendrapara district, the road project traverses through Cuttack and Bhadrak district.
World Bank funds for the project were lying practically unused for over five years as land acquisition and ancillary project-related work moved at snail