Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had approved a Special Accelerated Road Development programme for North East (SARDP-NE) in September, 2005 for development and improvement of roads in North Eastern Region.

In addition, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways have recently approved Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I, spanning over a period of five years (2017-18 to 2021-22), wherein roads of NER, aggregating to 3528 kms. have been included for improvement.

This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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