Times of India
TNN
December 2, 2015
NEW DELHI: Over 4,000-km of roads and highways will be constructed over the next few years in the northeast to improve connectivity, a top official said here on Tuesday.
This constitutes the bulk of the 6,841-km of roads and highways to be built in the country’s hilly states, including Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, at an estimated cost of Rs 45,164 crore, said Anand Kumar, the first managing director of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL), which was created in 2014.
“We are the first to start 18 projects in Tripura, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh with a total length of 600-km at a cost of Rs 6,500 crore. This year, we have started five projects in Arunachal Pradesh,” he said.
The NHIDCL took over the projects of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and the PWDs of the states concerned and has started showing results in terms of improving the shoddy condition of the roads and highways in the region, he added. agencies
