Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday announced that a multi-model logistics park will be constructed in Silchar and the Balacherra-Harengajao section of the Silchar-Saurashtra Highway will be completed by March 2022. Gadkari made this announcement at a public meeting at Zero Point on the East-West Corridor at Madhurmukh at Rangpur in Silchar. He also laid the foundation stone of 20 projects and inaugurated seven projects worth Rs 2,366 crore for Assam with a total length of 439 km.
These projects will ease the transportation of commercial goods within and across the state, will improve connectivity at the borders, enhance employment opportunities, save time and fuel, improve tourism and infra development, and will result in providing connectivity for agricultural produce up to larger markets,” the ministry said in a statement.
Gadkari said a sum of Rs 4,497 crore will be spent on the 19-km long bridge. It will reduce the distance between the two places in Assam and Meghalaya by 203 km.
Announcing that the water transport system of Brahmaputra would be strengthened, the Union Minister said that dredging work on the Barak river has also been completed. He also announced that the construction of the Dhuvri-Phoolbari bridge will begin in the coming month.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with farmers on the occasion of Good Governance Day was shown live on a large screen. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday also addressed the 18th convocation of Assam University where he appealed to students of Assam to use their knowledge and entrepreneurial skills to boost the economic growth of the country and the state.
On Thursday, Gadkari announced that FASTag is being made mandatory for all vehicles in the country from New Year, which will be enforced from January 1, 2021.
