Sarbananda Sonowal seeks Nitin Gadkari help to speed up work on bridges

GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal Thursday urged Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari to expeditiously start work on the series of bridges over the Brahmaputra, including Jorhat-Majuli.
Sonowal requested Gadkari to begin construction work of the bridges under the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North Eastern states, an official release from the chief minister's office said.
The chief minister called on the Union Minister in Delhi and discussed the status of the highways in Assam under NHAI and NHIDCL and stressed on linking the north and south banks of Brahmaputra, while linking Majuli with both sides, it added.
"Sonowal observed that construction of a road network involving a bridge connecting Majuli will enable expeditious development of the river island along with development of the areas located in the north and south banks of the Brahmaputra seamlessly," the CMO said.
Gadkari informed in the meeting that preliminary work involving the construction has been completed and very soon it the project will start on ground, it claimed.
Assam PWD minister Himanta Biswa Sarma drew the attention of the Union minister for expeditious completion of four-lane works and proper maintenance of the existing stretches of the National Highways in the state.