New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday approved the development of 135.871 km, 4-lane access-controlled Guwahati-Tezpur Corridor of NH-15 in Assam. The project will be developed on Built-Operate -Transfer (BOT) Toll Mode at a total capital cost of Rs 8970.20 crore under NH(O).

According to the CCEA, the project envisages construction of an Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) (4.9 Km.) in Tezpur Bypass, which has been finalised in coordination with IAF and would decongest existing NH-27 (East-West Corridor) on the south side of Brahmaputra river.

The project includes construction of 05 major bypasses of length 58.7 Km., thereby easing congestion on stretche...