To upgrade infrastructure in the North-East, the government is planning to undertake highway projects worth about Rs 1.45 lakh crore in next two to three years, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.

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The government has already taken up many road improvement projects under Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North-East for better connectivity in the region, besides setting up National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd to augment capacity of the agencies involved in development and maintenance of highways in the region.

"The government is planning to invest about Rs 1.45 lakh crore in the North-East for development of National Highways," Road Transport, Highways, Shipping and Water Resources Minister Gadkari told

 

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