Majuli
Centre declares roads connecting Majuli as National Highway
Guwahati/IBNS : The centre has declared the roads connecting the existing National Highway-715 near Jorhat with Kamalabari Ghat in Majuli in Assam as National Highways (NH) 715K under National Highways Act, 1956.
Responding to Assam government’s appeal, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has declared it.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal welcomed centre’s decision to declare the new highways in the state and said that the move would expedite the development process of the river island district Majuli while further bolstering road communication infrastructure in the state.
Sonowal thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari for the step and asserted that the due to the visionary leadership of the Prime Minister, the development of Northeast region has received tremendous momentum in all sectors.
Sonowal said that, rapid improvements in rail, road, airways and waterways connectivityin the NEhave been made possible by the Prime Minister Modi led Central Government and Assam’s progress has also been augmented.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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