Asian Highways Project
India signed the Inter-Governmental Agreement on Asian Highway Network during the 60th Annual Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP), held in April, 2004. The agreement is for coordinated development of the highway routes falling on the Asian Highway Network in each country to a minimum acceptable standard within the framework of their national programmes, envisaged in turn to develop international tourism, trade, transport and commerce. However, no specific time frame for completion of works has been stipulated in the Agreement.
The Asian Highways (AH) 1 and AH 2 passes through the North-Eastern States of India following the National Highway stretches from the Indo-Myanmar border at Moreh in the State of Manipur via Imphal-Kohima (Nagaland)-Dimapur-Nagaon-Jorabat (Assam)-Shillong-Dawki- Tamabil upto Indo-Bangaldesh border in the State of Meghalaya having a length of about 740 km. The details of the projects included under East-West Corridor under National Highways Development Project (NHDP) and Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for the North East (SARDP-NE) on the above mentioned Asian Highway Routes, their lengths, estimated costs, present status and anticipated date of completion are annexed. The implementation of these projects was initially affected due to delay in land acquisition, utility shifting, law and order problems, delay in obtaining forest / wild life clearances, etc. The anticipated date of completion of East-West Corridor and SARDP-NE stretches on this route are December, 2012 and March, 2015 respectively.
Apart from this, the balance lengths of about 434 km are being developed and maintained as per availability of funds, inter-se priority and traffic density.
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