Road development programme altered

Press Trust Of India / New Delhi November 21, 2008, 0:27 IST

A range of modifications in Phase-A of the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for the North-East, which aims to provide road linkage to Sittwe in Myanmar, was approved by the Cabinet on Thursday.

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The modifications include an alternative highway route between Siliguri and Gangtok in place of the approved proposal of upgrading an 80-km stretch from Sevoke to Ranipul to a two-lane one under Phase-A.

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