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The Minister further directed that, in the interregnum, the worst affected portions of this road must be taken up for urgent maintenance. With this important decision, the long pending stalemate in this section of the Trans Arunachal Highway and the plight of the citizens will be addressed.
The Union Minister assured funds for the remaining two packages for 4-lanning of the Itanagar-Banderdewa section and gave a go-ahead for floating tenders of the same. It may be noted that Package- A (10.90 Km) of the total road length of 31.50 Km was sanctioned for Rs. 341.83 Crores during 2016-17 and the work is in progress. DPRs for Package ‘B’ and ‘C’ (20.60 Km) have been submitted to the MoRTH. The Tenders for the same shall be floated immediately.
Other road projects discussed during the meeting included Lalpul-Manmao-Changlang (68.30 Km) and Longding-Tissa-Khonsa (42.50 Km), Khonsa – Hukanjuri, Gobuk – Sijhon-Nallah, which are facing hurdles due to various factors. The Minister has assured to fast track these projects.
Also present in the meeting were legislators Tage Taki, Dikto Yekar and Tamar Murtem besides officers of the Ministry of Road Transport and the state Highway Division of PWD.