Four-lane national highway in NE to begin

Aizawl, Sep 7 (UNI) In a bid to boost road network of Northeast- six states' capitals- Agartala, Aizawl, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima and Shillong- will come under single road link of four-lane under the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP)- III-B and Special Accelerated Road Development Programme North East (SARDP-NE) by this year.

According to the NHDP blue-print, that Guwahati, which falls on the alignment of East-West corridor, is already being upgraded to four-lane standard. The four-lane connection to Aizawl, Imphal, Kohima, Itanagar and Shillong is to be implemented on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis. The preparation of Detailed Project Reports of consultants was in progress Besides, Gangtok is proposed to be linked through improved two-lane National Highway under SARDP-NE. Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for projects under NHDP III B and SARDP-NE were under preparation and the government has so far not taken investment decision, except in the case of connectivity to Shillong and part connectivity to Kohima.

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