Northeast gets the first high-speed corridor, Modi lays the foundation stone of a project worth ₹ 22,860 crore: – ..

News India Live, Digital Desk: The Prime Minister laid the foundation of this historic project during a huge public meeting held in Silchar (Assam). This corridor will not only connect Assam and Meghalaya, but will also prove to be a lifeline for Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur.

5 major features of the project

Saving in distance and time: This 166 km long corridor will reduce the travel time between Guwahati and Silchar. Reduction from 8.5 hours to only 5 hours Will do it.

Access-Control Design: This will be the first expressway in the North-East which will be completely ‘access-controlled’, i.e. it will have fixed entry and exit points for vehicular movement, thereby ensuring high speed and safety.

Route Map: This corridor of Meghalaya Mawlingkhung (near Shillong) Starting from Assam Panchagram (near Silchar) Will go till. About 144 km of it will fall in Meghalaya and 22 km in Assam.

Strategic Importance: This corridor will become a major link for trade routes connecting India with Myanmar and Bangladesh under the ‘Act East Policy’.

Freedom from mountain obstacles: Currently, the hilly road to Haflong faces the problem of landslides and traffic jams, this new greenfield alignment will bypass all those obstacles.

Other big announcements in Silchar

Prime Minister hails from Silchar ₹23,550 crore Projects unveiled, including:

Assam Mala 3.0: Construction of over 900 km of roads at a cost of ₹3,200 crore.

Elevated Corridor: A new flyover on NH-306 to ease the traffic in Silchar city.

Agricultural College: Foundation stone of new agricultural college at Patharkandi, Karimganj.

Attack on opposition: “Distance from Delhi and heart is over”

Taking aim at the Congress, PM Modi said that for decades the Northeast was kept away from both ‘Delhi’ and ‘Heart’. He said the “double engine” government has made the sector central to India’s development journey.