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The West Bengal authorities gave in-principle support for handing implicit 7 stretches of nationalist highways to the NHAI and the NHIDCL, paving the mode for long-pending infrastructure works connected cardinal roadworthy corridors successful the State.
These stretches were nether the nationalist road helping of the State's Public Works Department (PWD), and the handover proposals had been pending for astir a twelvemonth contempt repeated requests from the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, according to an authoritative statement.
The property enactment issued by the main secretary's bureau connected Saturday (May 16, 2026) said: "Development works connected these stretches stood stalled successful the lack of a ceremonial handover. With today's clearance, the cardinal agencies tin determination guardant without further delay."
Among the stretches handed implicit to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) are 329.6 km of NH-312 connecting Jangipur, Omarpur, Krishnagar, Bongaon and Basirhat up to Ghojadanga on the India-Bangladesh border, too NH-31 from the Bihar-West Bengal borderline to Gazole, and NH-33 up to Farakka.
Four different stretches, including the Sevoke Army Cantonment-Coronation Bridge-Kalimpong-West Bengal-Sikkim borderline way nether caller NH-10, person been handed implicit to the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), the enactment stated.
The different corridors see the Hasimara-Jaigaon agelong up to the India-Bhutan border, the Baradighi-Mainaguri-Changrabandha way up to the Bangladesh border, and the Siliguri-Kurseong-Darjeeling elevation road.
The State authorities said that infrastructure works connected the 7 stretches would fortify connectivity to Sikkim, Bhutan and Bangladesh, portion improving links betwixt northbound Bengal and the Dooars.
These projects are besides expected to amended the Bihar-West Bengal corridor done Malda and Murshidabad and boost connectivity successful Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts up to the Bangladesh borderline astatine Ghojadanga.
"With these approvals, the authorities authorities has cleared the mode for the cardinal agencies acrophobic to commence improvement works connected each 7 stretches," the connection said and described the determination arsenic portion of efforts for "coordinated execution of captious nationalist infrastructure projects".
