New Delhi: The Centre is hoping to complete a number of rail, road and airway projects in the North East soon to strengthen connectivity in the region.
A total of 19 railway infrastructure projects, falling fully or partly in the North East, covering 1,909 km at a cost of Rs 81,941 crore, have been undertaken and are at different stages of planning/approval/execution. Out of these, 482 km has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs 37,713 crore has been incurred up to March, 2023.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched a regional connectivity scheme (RCS)-UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) in 2016 to enhance regional connectivity.
At present, there are 16 operational airports in the North Eastern Region. Additionally, Advanced Landing Ground at Ziro has also been operationalised. Further, 13 major infrastructure works worth Rs.1543.70 crore are under implementation in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura.
A total of 261 road projects under different schemes with a total sanctioned cost of Rs 1,02,594 crore are under implementation through National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) and State Public Works Departments (PWDs) in the North Eastern States.
In addition, the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, under the erstwhile North East Road Sector Development Scheme and the present North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme has sanctioned a total of 77 road projects amounting to Rs 3,372.58 crore.
Moreover, under North Eastern Council (NEC) 51 projects worth Rs.4345.16 crore under Schemes of NEC have been sanctioned in connection with improving rail, air and road connectivity in the North Eastern Region.
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