Union Road Transport and Highway Minister Nitin Gadkari announces an update on the Hayuliang-Hawai highway project in Arunachal Pradesh. The announcement was shared by the Union Minister on his social media on October 4, sharing that the national highway will be completed by December 2022.

The total cost of the Hayuliang-Hawai highway, a 13.4 Km 2-Lane project in Arunachal Pradesh is Rs.138.13 Cr and claims to act as a significant boost to connectivity and socio-economic development in the region, the Union Minister said.

"Significant Boost to Connectivity in the North East! The project is for 13.4 Km 2-Lane Hayuliang-Hawai (Package-I) in Arunachal Pradesh with a total project cost of Rs. 138.13 Cr. will be completed this year. This stretch is located close to the Indo-Myanmar Border and will give a boost to socio-economic development in the region," writes the Minister on his social media handle.

Earlier back in 2018, the transport Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation for many national highway projects worth Rs. 9,533 crores in Arunachal Pradesh and the Hayuliang-Hawai highway is one of these projects.

Among others, these highway projects also included two-laning of the 74.86 km Roing-Hunli Section of Hunli-Anini Road (NH-313); two-laning of the 11.31km Hayuliang-Hawai Road section of NH-113, and the 10.3 km Hunli-Anini section of NH-313.

(With inputs from IANS)