Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North-East Region

BACKGROUNDER  

     Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North-East region (SARDP-NE)   scheme has been envisaged to be taken up under three parts as under - Phase ‘A’ of SARDP-NE approved by the Union Government envisages improvement of about 4,099 km length of roads (2041 km of National Highways and 2058 km of State roads) and is expected to be completed by March, 2017.

·         Length sanctioned & awarded during the calendar year up to November, 2011 -  91 km.

·         Length completed during the calendar year up to November, 2011 – 10 km.

·         Work in progress as on 30^th November, 2011 is 1608 km.

            Phase ‘B’ of SARDP-NE, covering 3723 km (1285 km National Highwayss and 2438 km of State roads) has been approved for Detailed Project Report (DPR)  preparation only and so far, DPRs for about 450 km have been completed.

            Special Package for Arunachal Pradesh  involves development of about 2319 km length of road (1,472 km of National Highways & 847 km of State/General Staff/Strategic Roads).  Projects on 776 km are to be taken up on BOT (Annuity) mode and the balance 1,543 km is to be developed on EPC basis.  The entire Arunachal package is targeted for completion by June, 2015.

·          Length sanctioned & awarded during the calendar year and work in progress as on 30^thNovember, 2011 – 311 km

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