The National Highway has turned into slush at many places on the Assam-Tripura border due to heavy rain.
Highlights
- Minister Nitin Gadkari instructed officials to work on war footing
- Tripura government sought the Centre's intervention to repair a highway
- Heavy rains have lashed both Assam's Barak Valley region and Tripura
Government today said it will repair
National Highway-44 in Tripura on "war footing" to improve connectivity in the state.
The assurance comes a day after Tripura government sought the Centre's intervention to repair a highway stretch to ensure supply of essential commodities to the state.
"I have instructed officials to work on war footing to fix NH-44 so as to improve connectivity to Tripura," Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted today.
The NH-44 constitutes Shillong-Passi-C288 Badarpur-Agartala Sabroom Shillong-Nongstoin section.
"I would be monitoring the progress of this highway on a fortnightly basis," the minister said in another tweet.
Yesterday, Tripura PWD Minister Badal Chowdhury had urged the Centre for immediate repair of a portion of National Highway as thousands of trucks carrying essential commodities for Tripura were stranded due to poor condition of the road.
"If such condition continues for a few more days, the state would face acute crisis of essential commodities and fuel. I have urged the Central Government to take urgent steps to immediately repair the national highway and create a situation for bringing essential commodities through neighbouring Bangladesh," Mr Chowdhury had said.