{"id":5712,"date":"2024-06-14T02:11:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T02:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=5712"},"modified":"2024-06-14T02:11:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T02:11:40","slug":"1350-projects-worth-rs-15867-01-crore-sanctioned-for-developmental-schemes-packages-in-the-north-eastern-region-during-2014-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/1350-projects-worth-rs-15867-01-crore-sanctioned-for-developmental-schemes-packages-in-the-north-eastern-region-during-2014-22\/","title":{"rendered":"1,350 projects worth Rs.15867.01 crore sanctioned for developmental schemes\/packages in the North-Eastern Region during 2014-22."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several  development projects have been taken up by the concerned Ministries and Departments of the Central Government in North Eastern Region (NER), which, inter-alia, include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Road connectivity:<\/strong>Major ongoing Capital Road Connectivity projects in NER include 4Laning of Dimapur-Kohima Road (62.9 km) in Nagaland; 4 laning of Nagaon bypass to Holongi (167 km) in Arunachal Pradesh; Alternate two-lane Highway from Bagrakote to Pakyong (NH-717A) (152 km) in <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/sikkim\">Sikkim<\/a>; 2 laning of Aizawl  Tuipang NH-54 (351 km) in Mizoram; 4 laning of Imphal  Moreh section of NH-39 (20 km) and 2-laning of 75.4 km in Manipur. A total of 4121 km of road projects have been completed by Ministry of Road Transport &amp; Highways in NER in the last 7 years (including 2021-22, upto December2022). Projects of length 7545 Km amounting to Rs.1,05,518 crore are ongoing.<br \/> <strong>Air connectivity:<\/strong>In the North Eastern Region 17 <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/airports\">Airports<\/a> have been made operational.<\/p>\n<p>Recently Donyi Polo Airport (erstwhile Holongi Airport) has been inaugurated in Arunachal Pradesh. The development of new Greenfield Airports at Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh; Dibrugarh, Guwahati and Silchar Airports in Assam; Imphal Airport in Manipur; Barapani Airport in Meghalaya and Agartala Airport in Tripura, etc are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rail connectivity:<\/strong>New projects of length 864.7 km amounting to Rs.19855 crore have been sanctioned in NER since 2014-15 till date. Presently, 20 projects, for new lines as well as doubling, costing Rs.74,485 crore for 2,011 km length falling fully\/partly in North Eastern Region are at different stages of planning\/ approval\/ execution. Out of which 321 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs.26,874 crore has been incurred.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Waterway connectivity<\/strong>: River Brahmaputra from Dhubri (Bangladesh Border) to Sadiya (891km) was declared as National Waterway-2(NW-2) in 1988. The waterway is being developed with fairway of required depth and width, day and night <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/navigation\">Navigation<\/a> aids and terminals. The facilities created and planned would cost Rs.461 crore during 5 years (2020-2025). River Barak was declared as National Waterway-16 (NW -16) in the year 2016. It connects Silchar, Karimganj and Badarpur in Cachar valley of Assam with Haldia and Kolkata <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/ports\">Ports<\/a> through Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) Route. The facilities created and planned would cost Rs.145 crore during 5 years (2020-2025).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Telecom connectivity<\/strong>: Department of Telecommunications has also undertaken several projects in the North Eastern States for strengthening telecom connectivity in the region, which,<em>interalia<\/em>, include (i) Mobile <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/services\">Services<\/a> in uncovered villages in Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh (National Highways only) and seamless coverage along National Highway; (ii) Mobile connectivity in Meghalaya and along National Highways on 4G Technology; (iii) Mobile connectivity in Arunachal Pradesh and 2 Districts of Assam; (iv) Bharat Net and Wi-Fi Connectivity for Village Panchayats in North Eastern Region; and (v) Hiring of 10 Gbps International Bandwidth for <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/internet\">Internet<\/a> Connectivity to Agartala from BSCCL, Bangladesh via Cox Bazar. In the North Eastern States, 1,358 towers covering 1,246 villages have been installed and providing services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several development projects have been taken up by the concerned Ministries and Departments of the Central Government in North Eastern Region (NER), which, inter-alia, include: Road connectivity:Major ongoing Capital Road Connectivity projects in NER include 4Laning of Dimapur-Kohima Road (62.9 km) in Nagaland; 4 laning of Nagaon bypass to Holongi (167 km) in Arunachal Pradesh; &#8230; <a title=\"1,350 projects worth Rs.15867.01 crore sanctioned for developmental schemes\/packages in the North-Eastern Region during 2014-22.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/1350-projects-worth-rs-15867-01-crore-sanctioned-for-developmental-schemes-packages-in-the-north-eastern-region-during-2014-22\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 1,350 projects worth Rs.15867.01 crore sanctioned for developmental schemes\/packages in the North-Eastern Region during 2014-22.\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1103],"tags":[652],"class_list":["post-5712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-eastern-states","tag-04-03-22"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>1,350 projects worth Rs.15867.01 crore sanctioned for developmental schemes\/packages in the North-Eastern Region during 2014-22. - Current Affairs Exam<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/2024\/06\/14\/1350-projects-worth-rs-15867-01-crore-sanctioned-for-developmental-schemes-packages-in-the-north-eastern-region-during-2014-22\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1,350 projects worth Rs.15867.01 crore sanctioned for developmental schemes\/packages in the North-Eastern Region during 2014-22.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Several development projects have been taken up by the concerned Ministries and Departments of the Central Government in North Eastern Region (NER), which, inter-alia, include: Road connectivity:Major ongoing Capital Road Connectivity projects in NER include 4Laning of Dimapur-Kohima Road (62.9 km) in Nagaland; 4 laning of Nagaon bypass to Holongi (167 km) in Arunachal Pradesh; ... 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