SHILLONG: More than 50 percent of the construction work for the Garobadha to Dalu road (NH-51) under the North Eastern States Roads Investment Programme (NESRIP) has been completed.
Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Minister, Jitendra Singh, in written reply to a question by Gaurav Gogoi in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday said that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved loan of US $200 million for NESRIP, but release is on reimbursement basis after the submission of necessary documents.
The withdrawal from ADB stands at US$25.75 million for Tranche-1 and US$20.28 million for Tranche-2 as on March 31. Under Tranche 1, Meghalaya in the year 2013-14 was allocated 09.78 crore, while in the year 2014-15, an amount of Rs 21.08 crore was allocated to the state.
“The funding was further increased in the year 2015-16 with 29.51 crore and it was has been further increased to 49.65 crore 2016-17.” Singh said.
The Minister further informed that the State Public Works Department is implementing all the road projects, adding “The reason for delay is delay in land acquisition and delay in utility shifting and tree cutting.”
The road is likely to be completed by June 30, 2019.
