(a) whether the Government is contemplating to construct a double lane RCC bridge over river Brahmaputra at Mahatma Gandhi Road to connect Guwahati City with North Guwahati that would remove the communication bottleneck and encourage the concept of twin city;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the length of waterways at that location;
(c) whether any survey has been conducted with regard to construction of the said bridge; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)
(a) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is primarily responsible for development & maintenance of National Highways in the country. In addition, Ministry also sanctions road/bridge projects of state roads under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes such as Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for Norlth Eastern State (SARDP-NE), Central Road Fund (CRF), Inter-State Connectivity (ISC) and Economic Importance (EI). The Bridge over River Brahmaputra at Mahatma Gandhi Road to connect Guwahati City with North Guwahati neither falls on National Highway network nor such proposal received from State Government under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes run by this Ministry.
(b) to (d) Does not arise.