First phase facelift of 200 km roads by March-end

The road level of a stretch along NH 154, along Silchar-Aizwal section, will be raised to avoid it from being submerged in flood waters. Sections along NH 53, 54, 152 will see several road sections upgraded to two-laned ones with paved shoulders by March end.

The 29.2 km-long road between Pathshala in Assam to Nganglam on Bhutan border along NH 152 will see 12 km completed by March end and construction of 9 km portion of a new road is set to begin once environmental clearances are in place. The project will see 10 km of the 63 km-long link between Gangtok and Nathu La upgraded. All these roads will have paved shoulders. That apart, 2 km-long stretch along NH 51, that will go to Bangladesh border via Tura-a district headquarters and home town of P A Sangma, and NH 61 — connecting Nagaland with Assam via NH 37 and providing link to a major paper corporation mill in Tuli in Nagaland — will also see upgradation by March end.

While SARDP Phase A was to originally cover 1,310 km, it was expanded to 2,304 km by 2007 end. The Phase A is targeted for completion by 2012-13 and Phase B is scheduled for a 2015-16 deadline.