<p>New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved India's first underwater road-cum-rail tunnel project in Assam at a total capital cost of Rs 18,662 crore.</p><p>The project involves constructing a four-lane access-controlled greenfield corridor connecting Gohpur on NH-15 to Numaligarh on NH-715. This includes a 15.79 km twin-tube road-cum-rail tunnel beneath the Brahmaputra River, making the total project length approximately 33.7 km.</p>.Cabinet approves Rs 1 lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund to drive market-led urban transformation.<p>It will be developed on the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) model by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).</p><p>Currently, the route between Numaligarh (on NH-715) and Gohpur (on NH-15) spans around 240 km, taking about 6 hours via the existing Kaliabhambhora road bridge near Silghat on NH-52. This path passes through areas including Kaziranga National Park and Biswanath Town.</p><p>The new corridor will drastically reduce travel distance to roughly 34 km and travel time to about 20 minutes, offering seamless and efficient connectivity.</p><p>This will be India's first underwater road-cum-rail tunnel and the second of its kind in the world. The twin-tube design (with two lanes each for road traffic and provision for railway infrastructure in one tube) will enhance multi-modal integration by linking to railway lines, tourists destinations, airport and inland waterways.</p><p>The initiative will significantly benefit Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and other northeastern states by improving freight movement, lowering logistics costs, boosting socio-economic growth, and strengthening strategic connectivity under India's Act East Policy.</p><p>The CCEA has also cleared road projects worth over Rs 11,000 crore in Maharashtra, Telangana, and Gujarat, including the rehabilitation and upgradation of the Ghoti-Trimbak (Mokhada)-Jawhar-Manor-Palghar section of NH-160A in Maharashtra at Rs 3,320.38 crore.</p><p>Additionally, the Cabinet approved three railway projects costing approximately Rs 18,509 crore, involving the construction of third and fourth lines between Kasara-Manmad, Delhi-Ambala, and Ballari-Hosapete.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved India's first underwater road-cum-rail tunnel project in Assam at a total capital cost of Rs 18,662 crore.</p><p>The project involves constructing a four-lane access-controlled greenfield corridor connecting Gohpur on NH-15 to Numaligarh on NH-715. This includes a 15.79 km twin-tube road-cum-rail tunnel beneath the Brahmaputra River, making the total project length approximately 33.7 km.</p>.Cabinet approves Rs 1 lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund to drive market-led urban transformation.<p>It will be developed on the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) model by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).</p><p>Currently, the route between Numaligarh (on NH-715) and Gohpur (on NH-15) spans around 240 km, taking about 6 hours via the existing Kaliabhambhora road bridge near Silghat on NH-52. This path passes through areas including Kaziranga National Park and Biswanath Town.</p><p>The new corridor will drastically reduce travel distance to roughly 34 km and travel time to about 20 minutes, offering seamless and efficient connectivity.</p><p>This will be India's first underwater road-cum-rail tunnel and the second of its kind in the world. The twin-tube design (with two lanes each for road traffic and provision for railway infrastructure in one tube) will enhance multi-modal integration by linking to railway lines, tourists destinations, airport and inland waterways.</p><p>The initiative will significantly benefit Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and other northeastern states by improving freight movement, lowering logistics costs, boosting socio-economic growth, and strengthening strategic connectivity under India's Act East Policy.</p><p>The CCEA has also cleared road projects worth over Rs 11,000 crore in Maharashtra, Telangana, and Gujarat, including the rehabilitation and upgradation of the Ghoti-Trimbak (Mokhada)-Jawhar-Manor-Palghar section of NH-160A in Maharashtra at Rs 3,320.38 crore.</p><p>Additionally, the Cabinet approved three railway projects costing approximately Rs 18,509 crore, involving the construction of third and fourth lines between Kasara-Manmad, Delhi-Ambala, and Ballari-Hosapete.</p>
