Govt plans to widen roads in NE States
Source: The Sangai Express / PTI
New Delhi, April 05 2018:
To improve connectivity with neighbouring Bangladesh and Myanmar, the government will widen roads in the North-East region of the country, Parliament was informed today.
With the improvement in road infrastructure, the socio-economic condition of the people living in the region is also expected to get better, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Mansukh L Mandaviya said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
To a question whether the government has plans of road- widening in the north-eastern states of Meghalaya, Manipur and and Mizoram to improve connectivity with Bangladesh and Mayanmar, he replied in affirmative.
"Yes," he said adding that "improvement in the socio- economic condition of people in the region is expected from the panned improvement of these roads" .
According to the details of 'road widening projects' provided by the minister, the work on Imphal-Moreh section of NH-39 in Manipur and another section Shangshak to Namphisa are also on the plan.