Infrastructure
3,576 Km Silchar–Saurashtra East-West Corridor 97 Per Cent Complete; Remaining 96 Km Stretch Likely To Be Ready By June 2027
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The Silchar–Saurashtra East-West Corridor, one of India’s most ambitious highway projects, is now in its final stages, with over 97 percent of the work completed.
The government said in Parliament on Wednesday (20 August) that only 95.93 km of the 3,576.55 km corridor remains under construction, with the full project expected to be completed by June 2027.
"Government has taken up the project of development of Silchar Saurashtra East-West Corridor having a length of 3576.55 km out of which construction in 3480.62 km length has been completed. The balance 95.93 km is under implementation," Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
The project had earlier faced significant delays.
Bottlenecks included land acquisition challenges, environmental and forest clearance delays, financial difficulties of contractors, and force majeure events.
"The revised scheduled date for completion of East-West corridor project is by June 2027," Gadkari said.
According to the minister, this national corridor is the gateway of North Eastern States of India which also provides connectivity to International Borders with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.
Further, this corridor has significant strategic as well as socio-economic importance and plays vital role in overall economic development of the region, he added.
