GUWAHATI: The central government on Thursday, February 6, provided a letter of approval to the respective bidder, greenlighting Guwahati’s long-pending ring road project for construction.
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“Happy to share that @NHAI_Official has issued the Letter of Acceptance to the successful bidder for taking up work on the Guwahati Ring Road,” Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma posted on X. “From the conceptualisation stage to its imminent execution, this project is being driven at break neck speed.”
The ring road will start at Kamalpur near Baihata Chariali and, bypassing the Baihata area and other populated villages, it will reach Kuruwa through Degaon, Karara, Mandakata and Suktaguri.
From Kuruwa, there will be a six-lane bridge over Brahmaputra till Tera Tukra near Narangi. Meanwhile, from Narengi, the Greenfield road will reach Kapalkata at Sonapur (near Digaru bridge) through Panikheti, Chandrapur, crossing the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary on the way.
The road from Kamalpur to Sonapur will be four-lane except the Kuruwa-Narengi bridge, which will be six-lane. Additionally, a 55-kilometre Greenfield road from Kamalpur to Sonapur will be constructed.
The total cost of the project is ₹3,689 crore.
