Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has promised more road projects worth Rs 50,000 crore to Arunachal Pradesh that will include a 1841-km frontier highway along the stateÂ’s international boundary with China. Inaugurating four highway projects worth Rs 935 crore that included the stateÂ’s first four-lane highway, Gadkari also said that there would be no dearth of funds for road infrastructure projects in Arunachal Pradesh.
“All road projects in the state worth Rs 50,000 crore will be completed before the government at the Centre completes its first five-year term,” Gadkari said, promising to sanction Rs 50,000 crore more for a number of road projects submitted by the state government. These include the 431-km east-west industrial corridor highway and a 1,841-km frontier highway along the India-China border, official sources in Itanagar said.
The 20-km four-lane highway constructed at a cost of Rs 476 crore that Gadkari inaugurated connects Itanagar and Holongi, and will cut down travel distance between Itanagar and Guwahati by about 60 km. He also inaugurated a 50-km two-lane highway under NH-713A that was constructed at a cost of Rs 460 crore.
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