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Initiatives taken for the development of North Eastern Region

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRT&H), which is primarily responsible for the development and maintenance of National Highways, 

has constructed 16,207 Km of National Highways in the NER. As on 01.04.2025, 12 railway projects (08 New Line and 04 Doubling) of total length of 777 Km 

costing Rs. 69,342 crore falling partly/fully in NER have been sanctioned by the Ministry of Railways, out of which, 278 km has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs. 41,676 crore has been incurred up to March 2025. 

Under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, 17,637 road works of 89,436 Km and 2398 bridges have been sanctioned in NER, out of which, 16,469 road works of 80,933 Km and 2108 bridges have been completed. 

For providing high bandwidth capacity internet/broadband connectivity and mobile services to remote and rural villages in the NER, a number of steps and projects have been taken up with funding from the Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN). 

6355 Gram Panchayats have been made service ready under the BharatNet project in NER. Additionally, 3297 mobile towers have been commissioned in NER under various government funded mobile projects. 


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