NEW DELHI, May 19 (Agencies): The Indian government Thursday approved an Asian Development Bank (ABD)-assisted proposal to develop 433 km of highways in the country’s northeast at an investment of Rs.1,354 crore. “The cabinet committee on economic affairs approved the ADB-assisted project,” an official statement said. According to the statement, the centrally-sponsored scheme by Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDONER) intends to construct, upgrade and improve a total of 433-km of roads in six northeastern states. The project is expected to be implemented over a period of five years from 2011-2016. “The state wise road lengths are Assam 74.70 km, Meghalaya 93.40 km and Sikkim 34.20 km in tranche-I and Assam 62.90 km, Manipur 93.20 km. Mizoram 55.00 km and Tripura 20.30 km in tranche-II,” the statement said, adding that the ministry would be the executing agency and would also be responsible for overall coordination.
