In what is considered as a boost for seamless traffic between Meghalaya and Cachar in Assam, the 65th meeting of Network Planning Group (NPG) held in New Delhi today has given its clearance to the proposal of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways pertaining development cum upgradation of Mawlyngkhung – Panchgram road from the existing two lane to four-lane including greenfield stretch of 118 kms and brownfield stretch of 43 kms.
The NPG meeting chaired by Additional Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Rajeev Singh Thakur met to evaluate five road, rail and urban transit projects from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Railways, and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
The proposed implementation of four-laning of the National Highway-6 from Mawlyngkhung to Panchgram has wider economic impacts including reduction in logistic cost, reduction in traffic congestion, and increase in average speed of traffic.
National Highway-6 is known as the economic corridor in the states of Meghalaya, Assam and Mizoram.
The NPG examined the projects from the perspective of integrated planning based on the PM GatiShakti principles.
The project details were examined based on planning and mapping on PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP).
The key outcomes of the evaluation exercise were discussed with the objective of improving connectivity with various economic, social nodes, and multi-modal infrastructure.
