Network Planning Group under PM GatiShakti recommends five road connectivity projects
₹15,683 crore These five projects are in of Mizoram, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Kanpur and would improve connectivity to industrial clusters and social sector assets and improve logistics efficiency through streamlining freight traffic movement and decongestion of cities. A total of 85 infrastructure projects worth ₹5.39 lakh crores have been evaluated in the meetings so far, said a statement from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
The meeting was chaired by Rajesh Kumar Singh, Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Sumita Dawra, Special Secretary (Logistics), DPIIT. Critical from the perspective of regional connectivity, the Greenfield Twin Tube Uni-directional Aizawl Bypass Tunnel of 2.5 km, proposed under Bharatmala Pariyojna-2, will enhance connectivity between Sittwe port on Kaladan river in Myanmar and North East Region.
It will also provide connectivity to economic centres in Sairang, Aizawl, Seling, social sector assets including Zoram Medical College, Mizoram Central University and NIT Aizawl, and tourist places including Solomon’s Temple Church, Aizawl, Mizoram State Museum, Aizawl. This project is expected to reduce time taken and bring in efficiency due to an increase in average speed by 50%.
Through this tunnel, travel distance and time between Phaibawk and Sairang, is expected to reduce by 39% and 60%, respectively. Two capacity augmentation projects in State of Maharashtra, important from the perspective of connectivity to economic centres, religious and tourist places, industrial clusters and defence assets, were evaluated.
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