Shillong-Silchar Highway: Cabinet Approves Rs 22,864 Crore For Greenfield High-Speed Corridor

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired via Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday authorized the proposal for the improvement, repairs, and control of a 4-lane greenfield get admission to managed 166.80 km National Highway from Mawlyngkhung (close to Shillong) in Meghalaya to Panchgram (close to Silchar) in Assam on hybrid annuity mode as a high-speed hall at a complete capital price of Rs. 22,864 crore. Of the full 166.80 km freeway venture, up to 144.80 km lies in Meghalaya whilst the rest stretch of 22 km falls in Assam. 

The proposed greenfield high-speed hall will make stronger the carrier stage for the site visitors shifting from Guwahati to Silchar. The building of this hall will make stronger the connectivity to Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, and the Barak Valley area of Assam from the mainland and Guwahati with considerably diminished go back and forth distance and go back and forth time. This will, in flip, give a contribution to the enhancement of the logistics potency of the country, consistent with an legit observation issued after the CCEA assembly.

The hall will make stronger connectivity between Assam and Meghalaya and can spur financial building, together with the improvement of industries in Meghalaya, because it passes in the course of the cement and coal manufacturing spaces of Meghalaya. This hall will cater to the nationwide and world vacationers coming from well-connected Guwahati Airport, Shillong Airport, and Silchar Airport (by way of present NH-06) connecting Guwahati to Silchar. This would attach scenic puts of vacationer enchantment within the northeast and advertise tourism, the observation mentioned.

This vital infrastructure venture may also make stronger inter-city connectivity between Guwahati, Shillong & Silchar traverses via Ri Bhoi, East Khasi Hills, West Jaintia hills, East Jaintia hills in Meghalaya and Cachar district in Assam scale back congestion on present NH-06 and toughen shipping infrastructure building in keeping with the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan.

The venture alignment integrates with main shipping corridors, together with NH-27, NH-106, NH-206, NH-37, offering seamless connectivity to Guwahati, Shillong, Silchar, Diengpasoh, Ummulong, Phramer, Khlieriat, Ratachera, Umkiang, and Kalain, the observation mentioned.

Upon of entirety, the Shillong – Silchar Corridor will play a pivotal function in regional financial expansion, making improvements to connectivity between Guwahati, Shillong, Silchar, Imphal, Aizawl and Agartala. The venture aligns with the federal government’s imaginative and prescient of Atmanirbhar Bharat, bettering infrastructure whilst producing employment and fostering socio-economic building in Meghalaya, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, the observation added.