Meeting over delayed highway project
State tourism minister Gautam Deb held a meeting with officials of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on Friday and took stock of the situation of the ongoing four-lane corridor project that was initiated around 20 years ago to connect north Bengal and the northeast.
The meeting, Deb said, was held as per instructions of chief minister Mamata Banerjee who wants the project to be completed at the earliest.
The four-lane expressway was planned to connect Porbandar of Gujarat with Silchar in Assam. It enters Bengal along NH31 through Purnia More, the junction of NH34 and NH31 at Dalkhola in North Dinajpur. From there, the road moves through the outskirts of Siliguri, Jalpaiguri, Falakata, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar and enters Assam.
