Four-lane Bridge over river Brahmaputra approved by Government of India

Guwahati, March 1, 2019:

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved a four-lane bridge over river Brahmaputra between Dhubri (on the North Bank) and Phulbari (on South Bank) on Thursday.

The announcement was made by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during a meeting of the CCEA.

The four-lane bridge will be 19.282 kilometers long that will shorten the travel distance by 205.3 km and save time by five hours and 20 minutes between Dhubri in Assam and Phulbari in Meghalaya.

According to an official Government release, “This alignment will further augment the transport network for the region by providing the shortest link between the western regions of Meghalaya as well as Barak valley region of Assam and southern states in NE namely Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura and the rest of the country, including the ports of Kolkata.”