[Assam] Centre plans to develop Silchar as National Highway hubs

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

Centre plans to develop Silchar as National Highway hubs



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 Ron Duarah

DIBRUGARH, Sep 6 – The whopping figure of Rs 25,000 crore is an
unofficial estimate, but Central investment to the tune of this figure
is in the pipeline, given the highway development plan in Assam's
Brahmaputra Valley and Arunachal Pradesh, and scheduled for completion
by the year 2013. Speaking to this reporter here today, Kamlesh Kumar
said he is happy that the Assam and Arunachal State Governments and
elected public representatives in both the places are offering their
full cooperation in the highway development programmes. Kumar is a
chief engineer in the Union Ministry for Shipping, Road Transport &
Highways (MoRT&H), and is in charge of National highways in the
North Eastern States in the Ministry....more

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