New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- The Union cabinet on Thursday approved the construction of a 135.87-km four-lane access-controlled highway corridor between Baihata Chariali near Guwahati and Tezpur in Assam at an estimated cost of Rs.8,970.2 crore.

The project is expected to halve travel time, ease congestion, and improve connectivity to key industrial, tourism, and logistics hubs across the Northeast.

The project includes a 4.9-km Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the Tezpur Bypass, planned in coordination with the Indian Air Force, and is expected to decongest the existing NH-27 corridor south of the Brahmaputra River. The corridor on NH-15 excludes the 15.11-km Mangaldoi Bypass.

The upgraded corridor will strengthen connectivity to eight PM ...