Government schemes and plans on Rail, air and road networks in the North Eastern States

New Delhi, Jul 20, 2023, PIB

The information furnished by respective nodal Ministries on projects that Government plans to
complete to create rail, air and road networks in the North Eastern States are detailed as under:
· Road connectivity: 261 numbers of road projects under different schemes of MoRTH with
an aggregate sanctioned cost of Rs 1,02,594 crore are under implementation through
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), National Highways & Infrastructure
Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) and State Public Works Departments (PWDs) in
the North Eastern States.
 In addition, the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, under North East
Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) and North East Road Sector
Development Scheme (NERSDS) has sanctioned 77 road projects amounting to Rs.3372.58
crore.
· Rail connectivity: 19 railway infrastructure projects, falling fully / partly in North Eastern
States, covering total length of 1909 km at a cost of Rs. 81,941 crore have been undertaken
and are at different stages of planning/approval/execution. Out of these, 482 km length has
been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs.37,713 cores has been incurred upto March,
2023.
· Air connectivity: Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched regional connectivity scheme
(RCS)-UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on 21.10.2016 to enhance regional connectivity
across the country from unserved and under served in the country and making air travel
affordable to masses. Airports at Rupsi, Tezu, Tezpur, Pasighat, Jorhat, Lilabari, Shillong,
Pakyong, Itanagar and Dimapur involving 64 routes have been operationalized under
UDAN in the North Eastern Region. There were nine operational airports in 2014 in the
North Eastern Region. Presently, there are 16 operational airports in the North Eastern
Region. Additionally, Advanced Landing ground at Ziro has also been operationalized.
Further, 13 major engineering infrastructure works worth Rs.1543.70 crore are ongoing in
the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura.
Moreover, under North Eastern Council (NEC) 51 projects worth Rs.4345.16 crore under
Schemes of NEC has been sanctioned under rail, air and road networks in the North Eastern
States.

Department of Expenditure, Ministry Finance, under the Scheme for Special Assistance to States
for Capital Investment for 2022-23 and 2023-24 has released funds to the North-Eastern States as
detailed below: