North–South Corridor (West Bengal)

North-South Corridor[1] is a direct communication project with North Bengal along with Haldia Port of West Bengal's sea port. Under this project, State Road 4 and State Road 7. To increase the communication of Haldia port with neighboring countries like Nepal-Bhutan-Bangladesh, the country's northeast will have to widen the SH4 and SH7. That's why ADB will provide ₹4500 crore (70 percent of total project cost) to the state.[2][3]State administration sources said, for this purpose, it will take 271 hectares of land initially.West Bengal Highway Development Corporation or West Bengal Road Development Corporation has been entrusted to the land.null ADB experts are making plans for the development of the road, the DPR, or the roadmap of the road construction.Experts from Kharagpur IIT will see the projects report.[4][5]

Important

Now, to go to Haldia from Siliguri, have to travel to Calcutta with Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, on the NH34. Haldia's distance will be reduced by about 60 kilometers when the road is made of four-lane road from Morgram thought Mechogram. The freight carriage can easily be transported quickly by avoiding the traffic congestion in Kolkata.This road can be increased by carriage of vehicles.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.projectstoday.com/Projects/North-South-Corridor-Murshidabad-East-Midnapore-Project-103191%7CNorth-South Corridor (Murshidabad-East Midnapore) Project
  2. ↑ "West Bengal North South Road Corridor Project-Asia Development Bank". ADB. 21 August 2017. Retrieved November 2011. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ↑ "উত্তর-দক্ষিণ করিডরে ঋণ দিতে রাজি এডিবি". আনন্দবাজার প্রত্রিকা. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "North-South corridor construction to begin from Dec". millenniumpost. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "West Bengal North South Road Corridor Project" (PDF). 21 August 2017.
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