Indian road improvement

Some 433km of roads in six states in India's North East region will be upgraded in work that forms part of the North Eastern State Roads Investment Programme.
February 29, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Some 433km of roads in six states in India's North East region will be upgraded in work that forms part of the North Eastern State Roads Investment Programme. This programme has been approved by 895 India's Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, with a portion of the financing coming from the 943 Asian Development Bank (ADB). The coordination with the ADB for the US$301 million project will be carried out by the North Eastern Region Development Ministry. For the first phase the road projects will comprise of 34.2km of roads that will be upgraded or constructed, 93.4km in Meghalaya and 74.7km in Assam while the second phase will include the uplifting of 20.3km in Tripura, 93.2km in Manipur, 55km in Mizoram and some 63km in Assam. The project is due for completion in 2016.

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