Question : DEVELOPMENT OF NH



(a) whether the Government has undertaken development of National Highway (NH) No. 34 between Farrakha and Kolkata;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the progress made in this project; and

(c) the time by which the said project is likely to be completed?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI SARVEY SATHYANARAYANA)

(a) to ( c) The stretch of NH-34 from Farrakha to Barasat near Kolkata has been taken up for Four laning under NHDP Phase –III on DBFOT in three packages and are in different stages of progress. The work on entire stretch is targeted for completion by February, 2015.