Meghalaya: First Package Of The Shillong-Dawki Four-Lane Highway Project To Be Completed By 2025
First Published: 10th November, 2024 14:45 IST
The High Court of Meghalaya allowed NHIDCL and the contractor concerned to proceed with building the first part or package of the proposed Shillong-Dawki highway with all other work except
The first package of the Shillong-Dawki four-lane highway project covering 11.6 km from Rilbong to Mylliem Marbaniang is expected to be completed by October 2025.
This was informed during the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the division bench of Meghalaya High Court on November 8.
As per reports, the first package of the project, which involves construction of a four-lane highway from Rilbong to Mylliem Marbaniang, the acquisition of land by the State government and its handing over to the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) has been completed.
The contractor who was entrusted with the work for the first package has been replaced by a new contractor on September 25, 2023 with a timeline of two years to complete the work from the date of commencement of the contract that is 23rd October, 2023. And till date about 16.5 per cent of the work has been done and 14.3 per cent of the financial allocation expended for this purpose.
The proposed highway has been divided into five packages, Rilbong to Mylliem Marbaniang covering 11.6 km, Mylliem Marbaniang to Wahlyngkhat of a length of 26.55 km, Wahlyngkhat to Siatbakon covering a bypass of 8 km, Siatbakon to Wahkdait for 17.77 km; and Wahkdait to Tamabil Dawki a distance of 7.99 km.
The High Court of Meghalaya on Thursday allowed NHIDCL and the contractor concerned to proceed with building the first part or package of the proposed Shillong-Dawki highway with all other work except felling of trees, for the time being.
The court said the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Kaustav Paul is connected only with constructing the highway from Shillong to Dawki near the Bangladesh border.
The entire work involves the widening and reconstruction of the existing road. The proposed highway has been divided into five parts, described in the project documents as five packages.
The bench of Chief Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji and Justice Wanlura Diengdoh said the court is concerned with the first of the five packages, that is the stretch between Rilbong and Mylliem Marbaniang covering 11.6 km.
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