The Government of India had approved Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I in October, 2017 with an aggregate length of about 34,800 km (including 10,000 km residual NHDP stretches) at an estimated outlay of Rs. 5,35,000.00 crores for development of about 9,000 km length of Economic corridors, about 6,000 km length of Inter-corridor and feeder roads, about 5,000 km length of National Corridors Efficiency improvements, about 2,000 km length of Border and International connectivity roads, about 2,000 km length of Coastal and port connectivity roads, about 800 km length of Expressways.

Projects comprising length of 1,371 km have been awarded in North Eastern States, including Assam, under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I, out of which 27 km length has been completed. The State-wise details are as under:

 

 

State	Total		Awarded
	Length (km)	Total Capital cost (Rs. in Cr.)	Length (km)	Total Capital cost (Rs. in  Cr.)
Assam	512	15,523	225	10,635
Manipur	607	10,015	387	7,116
Meghalaya	128	2,218	128	2,218
Mizoram	361	6,370	361	6,370
Nagaland	193	3,398	193	3,398
Tripura	75	1,075	75	1,075

 

3 National Highways (715K, 137 & 137G) have been declared in the State of Assam.

Badarpurghat-Mamit Road and Silchar-Kanailbazar road in the State of Assam have not been declared as National Highways. The Ministry considers declaration of NHs from time to time based on the requirement of connectivity, inter-se priority and availability of funds.

This information was given by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

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