PM Modi announces Rs 90,000 cr for improving roads, highways in Northeast
Meghalaya was the second stop of the prime minister after Mizoram during his day-long visit to the Northeastern region today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced Rs 90,000 crore for improving roads and national highways in the Northeast in the next two to three years to facilitate better connectivity.
"Over the next 2-3 years, an investment of about Rs 60,000 crore is proposed under the Special Accelerated Road Development Project (SARDP) in the Northeast and an investment of Rs 30,000 crore under Bharatmala is proposed for development of
national highways in northeastern states," Modi said while addressing a
BJP rally here.
He said the central
government has sanctioned around 4,000-km of
national highway (NH) across the Northeast at a cost of Rs 32,000 crore.
The
prime minister said that over 1,200 km of NH was constructed at an expenditure of nearly Rs 14,000 crore during the last three years alone.
First Published: Sat, December 16 2017. 22:30 IST
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