East-West corridor from Srirampur to Silchar, 22% of the work completed

Lok Sabha

The work on stretch of East-West corridor from Srirampur to Silchar in Assam has already commenced and the overall progress of the project is 22 %. No stretch of East-West corridor is located in any other State of North East.

The project is targeted for completion by September, 2010. The delay in completion is due to insurgency and law and order problems in the project area.

Four laning of NH-52 from Jamgudi to Gohpur has been approved by the Government ‘in-principle’ and there is no proposal at this stage to carry out 4-laning of existing NH-52 from Bihata Chariali to Jamgudi and from Gohpur to Bandardowa.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Shri K.H. Muniyappa in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. source: http://pib.nic.in