Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI: The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has approved the proposal to widen the Amingaon-Barpeta Bypass. Now, this 75-km highway will have two lanes.
Thanking Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari for his quick action on this issue, Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "This stretch will be considered an important highway connectivity, which will hugely increase the smooth transportation of millions of people travelling from Barpeta to Guwahati or beyond. The alignment for the 75-km-long Amingaon-Barpeta Bypass through Amingaon, Dadara, Singimari, Hajo, Mukalmua, Rampur, Barpeta, and Howly as a part of National Highway 427 has been approved."
According to PWD sources, this government has accorded topmost priority to road and bridge connectivity. Under the World Bank-funded Assam Resilient Rural Bridge Programme, the works on 1,085 bridges have been going on. Some of the bridges are newly constructed ones, some are being repaired, and some are timber and steel bridges being replaced with RCC bridges. The World Bank funded Rs 4,359 crore for this programme.
Likewise, in Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong, Dima Hasao, Barak Valley, and the BTC, the construction of major roads under the Assam South Asia Sub-Regional Cooperation Corridor Connectivity Project is going on. The ADB (Asian Development Bank) has funded Rs 3,994 crore for this project.
According to sources, in the past six years, the state has witnessed around a 1,000-km increase in the network of national highways. Likewise, the surface road length in the state has also increased by 80 percent in the past six years.
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