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 All the 88 district headquarters in the North Eastern Region are proposed to be connected by 2-lane roads under the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme. SARDP

Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Jitin Prasada said this in the Lok Sabha today.

In a written reply, he informed the House that so far 23 such roads have been built covering Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland. 

29 new roads covering Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura are to be constructed, the Minister said.


The  The 300-km-long Jammu- Srinagar- National Highway which was closed due to  The 300-km-long Jammu- Srinagar- National Highway which was closed due to landslides, riggered tby heavy rains in Ramban area early Wednesday morning was re-opened for traffic at 12.30 PM. 

Hundreds of vehicles, including those carrying passengers which were stranded on the highway, have started moving towards their respective destinations .

Landslides in Ramban area had forced authorities to suspended the traffic in the morning. 

The Border Roads Organization (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the National Highway, had pressed into service sophisticated machines and men and cleared the debris on the highway. 

Meanwhile, incessant rain is creating havoc in Jammu Division with over a dozen houses collapsing in Mendhar and Surankote areas of Poonch district . 

Water level in all the nullahs and rivers has increased and the flash floods have caused damage to crops , houses and several roads in Jammu Division.  by heavy rains in Ramban area early Wednesday morning was re-opened for traffic at 12.30 PM. 

Hundreds of vehicles, including those carrying passengers which were stranded on the highway, have started moving towards their respective destinations .

Landslides in Ramban area had forced authorities to suspended the traffic in the morning. 

The Border Roads Organization (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the National Highway, had pressed into service sophisticated machines and men and cleared the debris on the highway. 

Meanwhile, incessant rain is creating havoc in Jammu Division with over a dozen houses collapsing in Mendhar and Surankote areas of Poonch district . 

Water level in all the nullahs and rivers has increased and the flash floods have caused damage to crops , houses and several roads in Jammu Division. -km-long Jammu- Srinagar- National Highway which was closed due to landslides, triggered by heavy rains in Ramban area early Wednesday morning was re-opened for traffic at 12.30 PM. 

Hundreds of vehicles, including those carrying passengers which were stranded on the highway, have started moving towards their respective destinations .

Landslides in Ramban area had forced authorities to suspended the traffic in the morning. 

The Border Roads Organization (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the National Highway, had pressed into service sophisticated machines and men and cleared the debris on the highway. 

Meanwhile, incessant rain is creating havoc in Jammu Division with over a dozen houses collapsing in Mendhar and Surankote areas of Poonch district . 

Water level in all the nullahs and rivers has increased and the flash floods have caused damage to crops , houses and several roads in Jammu Division.

The Assam Administration clamped indefinite curfew in Kokrajhar and Dhubri district today. The move comes after unidentified miscreants shot three people dead on Monday night at Raaniguli in Kokrajhar. This was followed by an angry mob blocking National Highway Number 31 at Beltali in Dhubri district in protest of the killings.

Two army personnel were also injured in mob stone pelting.

Security forces resorted to lath charge and blank firing. The District Administration reimposed indefinite curfew as a precautionary measure in Dhubri and Bilasipara Sub-Division of Dhubri district. Night curfew also continues in Chirang district.

With this, death toll has mounted to 73 in the recent violence.

Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has requested the Centre to allow the CBI to take over all cases of the recent violence. Talking to newsmen in Guwahati, Gogoi said instruction had been given to seize all illegal arms that was in possession in the violence-marred areas. The Chief Minister also said utmost care was being taken of pregnant women and children at the relief camps.

In Himachal Pradesh, flash flood in Beas river triggered by cloud burst has claimed one life and damaged property worth crores of rupees in Manali. The incident occurred at about 10 last night near Palchaan and Bahang villages of Dhundhi area of Solangnala.

Twenty metre stretch of Manali-Leh National Highway was washed away. An army bridge, four vehicles of Border Roads Organisation and a private hydro-electricity project were damaged. Labourers sleeping in temporary camps on the bank of river were taken to safer places by jawans.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Kullu Amitabh Awasthi, a valley bridge will be constructed within three days to restore vehicular traffic between Manali and Lahaul Spiti. He said, District Administration and Border Roads Organisation are trying to restore the traffic movement on the road.

Flood water has also damaged roads at several places near Koltha on Chandigarh­- Manali highway forcing diversion of traffic between Kullu and Manali traffic via left bank


The government has sanctioned one model school for every block across the country to ensure quality education. It was announced today by the United Progressive Alliance UPA Chairperson Smt Sonia Gandhi at Raibareilly. Addressing a function after laying foundation stone for a project of widening and strengthening Lucknow- Rae Bareily- Allahabad highway, she emphasized to expand of education for comprehensive development of society as well as country.

Mrs Sonia Ghandi said 75 percent expenditure of these schools will be borne by the centre. She said that state government has shown keen interest for providing land for the degree college.

Detailing about the project of widening and strengthening Lucknow- Raibareilly- Allahabad highway, she said that about 900 crore rupees will be spent on the project.Addressing the function Union Minister for Surface Transport CP Joshi said that several projects at an estimated cost of 33 thousand crore rupees are being implemented in Uttar Pradesh.

In Jammu and Kashmir, Kargil Srinagar Road was reopened for Vehicular traffic on Tuesday. The road was closed for traffic for about five months. The GOC 15 Crops Lt Gen S A Hassanain and Director General BRO Ravi Shankar flagged off the traffic from Srinagar to Kargil and later traffic from Kargil to Srinagar were also allowed to pass.Lt General Hassanain appreciated the role of BRO and the efforts of the Ground staff.To make the movement of traffic smooth on Srinagar Kargil Leh Highway the administration has fixed a time schedule for the movement of traffic from both the sides .



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