Plans to connect all areas of Tripura with the national highway
IH News Desk
AGARTALA, July 18, 2025: Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha announced plans to connect all district headquarters, subdivision headquarters and unconnected habitations to national highways with double-lane roads. He stated that government is contemplating to make a ring road of approximately 449 km under the Bharatmala scheme for Agartala city.
“The state government has been implementing numerous ground-breaking initiatives over the past seven years, resulting in a transformative impact on the socio-economic landscape of the state. Infrastructure is crucial for growth as it is the mainstay of the primary sector, industries, services, skill development, and social empowerment”, Chief Minister said while addressing the National Seminar on Infrastructure Development in the North East Region of India in Agartala Friday.
He said the northeastern region strategically located between Bangladesh and Southeast Asian countries, is often referred to as India's powerhouse due to its massive hydropower, petroleum and gas potential. The Tripura government has placed significant emphasis on infrastructure development, with over Rs 7,000 crore allocated for infrastructure development in the previous budget session.
The total road length under PWD in Tripura is about 10,618.423 km, including 1,057 km of state highways, 171 km of major district roads, 483 km of other district roads, 1,167 km of urban roads and 7,740 km of village roads. The government plans to upgrade 1,057 km of state highways into double-lane roads with paved shoulders in a phased manner.
The Light House Project to provide low cost accommodations is on the verge of completion and the Unity Mall and high-rise buildings are being constructed to bring the North Eastern region on par with other parts of the country.
Engineer OP Goel, Founder President of Indian Building Congress, Engineer Chinmay Debnath, President of Indian Building Congress, Engineer Rajiv Debbarma, Chief Engineer of PWD, Engineer Shyamlal Bhowmik, Chairman of Indian Building Congress and others graced the occasion.
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