The Assam government approved the construction of a 1,000 km “High-Speed Economic Corridor” road project at its weekly cabinet meeting for a price tag of Rs 3,000 crore. This proposed high-speed economic corridor will fall under the “Asom Mala” project, according to the announcement of the decisions made in the cabinet meeting held on Monday and presided over by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Assam Tourism Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah. The state cabinet also gave its approval for the judicial guest house to be built in Kaziranga.
“7 Bigha, 2 Katha, 10 Lessa of land at Halowagaon revenue village under Kaziranga Mouza of Bokakhat revenue circle to be allotted for construction of Judicial Guest House in Kaziranga. The proposed Guest House will boost the tourism sector and provide top-class hospitality to state guests and guests of Gauhati High Court in Kaziranga National Park,” Jayanta Malla Baruah said.
The state cabinet also approved to completion of construction of a new office building under the Commissioner of Taxes with an additional estimate of Rs 11.91 crore for additional works approved. Re-validation of the administrative approval has been issued for Rs 100.61 crore up to March 31, 2024.
