Three bridges have been proposed for construction by the Government over the River Brahmaputra.  Consultancy services for the preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) for these bridges have been awarded. The detailed of these bridges are given as follows:

 

Sl. No	NH No.	Location	Tentative Length (km)	Agency entrusted	Status of DPR
1.	127B	Between Dhubri in Assam and Phulbari in Meghalaya	14	NHIDCL	Draft DPR prepared
2.	52 & 37	Between Gohpur on NH-52 and Numaligarh on NH-37	12	NHIDCL	Under preparation
3.	715	Between Kaupati and Rowta	12	PWD Assam	Under preparation

 

 

1026 km of National Highways in Assam have been approved for four-laning. Out of this ,12km is under implementation with State PWD, Assam, 649km with National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and 365km with National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL).  Four laning of roads from Numaligarh to Jhanji has been awarded by NHIDCL in two packages on EPC mode under which the concessionaire/contractor is responsible for maintenance works during construction.  . The status of 4-laning from Numaligarh – Jhanji is as follows :

 

 

Sl. No	NH	NH Section	Length (km)	Agency	Progress
1	37	Four Laning of Numaligarh to Jorhat section from Km. 402.500 to Km. 453.000 (Design Km 403.200 to Km 454.240) except Dergaon bypass (with Toll Plaza)	39.72	NHIDCL	(i) Financial Progress - 16.09% (ii) Physical Progress - 8.97%
2	37	Four Laning of Jorhat to Jhanji section from Km. 453.00 to Km. 491.08	37.8	NHIDCL	Work awarded to M/s GDCL on 09.11.2017.

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

 

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