{"id":232325,"date":"2024-01-11T00:52:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T19:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=232325"},"modified":"2024-01-11T00:52:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T19:22:54","slug":"centre-allocates-rs-1782-crore-for-strategic-road-project-in-arunachal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/01\/11\/centre-allocates-rs-1782-crore-for-strategic-road-project-in-arunachal\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre allocates Rs. 1,782 crore for strategic road project in Arunachal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 10 Jan:<\/strong> The centre has sanctioned Rs. 1,782 crore for construction of a strategic road project in Arunachal Pradesh, union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ministry sanctioned the project for the construction of the 82-kilometre-long greenfield road from Pango to Jorging in Upper Siang district of the northeastern state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project would encompass package-1 and II, Gadkari said on X.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The proposed project aims to ensure seamless and secure traffic flow, establishing year-round connectivity to the villages in the region, thereby catalyzing socio-economic development in the hilly areas of the district,&#8221; the minister said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The strategically crucial road will substantially reduce travel time for security forces, enhancing their efficiency in reaching border areas, Gadkari added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief Minister Pema Khandu has expressed his delight over the development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khandu said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there is a special focus on enhancing connectivity in Arunachal Pradesh. The chief minister also expressed gratitude to Gadkari.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Under visionary leadership of Hon PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, there&#8217;s a special focus on enhancing connectivity in Arunachal Pradesh,&#8221; Khandu said in X.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Gratitude to Hon&#8217;ble Minister of Road Transport &amp; Highways, Shri @nitin_gadkari Ji for allocating Rs 1,782 crore for construction of 82 Km greenfield road from Pango to Jorging in Upper Siang district,&#8221; the chief minister said in another post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The strategic project is set to ensure seamless connectivity in border areas, fostering socio-economic growth and reducing travel time for our security forces, Khandu added. (PTI)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 10 Jan: The centre has sanctioned Rs. 1,782 crore for construction of a strategic road project in Arunachal Pradesh, union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday. The ministry sanctioned the project for the construction of the 82-kilometre-long greenfield road from Pango to Jorging in Upper Siang district of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-232325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}