The Chief Engineer, PWD (Roads) has informed that the in-principle clearance for metalling of the 39.6 km stretch of Sonapur-Borghat road has been granted by the North Eastern Council under the North East Road Sector Development Scheme.
Informing the division bench of Meghalaya High Court during a hearing today, the Chief Engineer, PWD (Roads) through a government lawyer stated that that an Empowered Inter-Ministerial Committee met on July 7 and it was agreed that the State government would fund the balance amount of the project beyond the available outlay of Rs. 62.02 crores.
Meanwhile, the High Court ordered that immediate steps should be taken to obtain funds and commence the work of metalling of the road stretch particularly since the internal communication between places on the route have been seriously impeded because of several stretches being virtually non-motorable.
“It is hoped that the matter will receive the attention of all concerned so that the concrete of a metalled road along the stretch of nearly 40 km is concluded as expeditiously as possible,” the High Court said even as it listed the matter for hearing on February 18, 2022.
