Union Transport Minister CP Joshi informed media persons that work on 431 km of the 670-km East-West Corridor in Assam is over and the entire project would be completed by December 2014.
He said the project is in progress against many odds like law and order problem, unfavourable weather conditions.
The minister, along with Assam and Arunachal Pradesh chief ministers, transport ministers and officials reviewed the progress of the project to identify problems encountered in its implementation.
The 431 km corridor, which is completed, consists of Nagaon-Daboka-Lanka-Udali section. The minister also said that another 63 km length may be ready by June 2013.
By November 2013, he expects work at Jalukbari junction near Gauhati University to be completed and the Brahmaputra bridge near it by December next year.
During the review meeting, the officials discussed wide-ranging issues, including tackling delay in pre-construction activities such as land acquisition, shifting of utilities and forest and environment clearance impeding the progress of the major schemes in the north east region.
Meanwhile, the central government has taken up the ambitious Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for development of road network in the NE states.
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