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Cabinet clears Rs 8,970-crore Guwahati-Tezpur highway corridor
The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 8,970.20-crore project to build a 135.871-km, four-lane, access-controlled Guwahati-Tezpur corridor on NH-15 in Assam. The corridor will be developed through the build-operate-transfer toll model. The…
The Story in Brief
The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 8,970.20-crore project to build a 135.871-km, four-lane, access-controlled Guwahati-Tezpur corridor on NH-15 in Assam. The corridor will be developed through the build-operate-transfer toll model. The project includes five bypasses, 15 major bridges, 30 minor bridges, 19 flyovers, 46 underpasses and an elephant underpass. It will also include a 4.9-km emergency landing facility at the Tezpur bypass, finalised with the Indian Air Force.
The government expects the corridor to halve travel time and double average travel speeds. It is designed to connect industrial parks, railway stations, airports, waterways and tourist sites in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, while easing congestion on existing NH-27 south of the Brahmaputra.
The Indian Opinion
The easy claim will be that a large road budget automatically means faster growth, while critics may dismiss it as another ribbon-cutting promise. Neither view is enough. The real test is whether construction stays within the Rs 8,970.20-crore estimate, bypasses reduce congestion in the five named towns, and toll access does not exclude local users. The emergency landing strip and wildlife crossing also need strict safety checks. Will travel time actually fall by half after the corridor opens?
Source: thehindubusinessline.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above.
