Gadkari reviews progress of Frontier Highway in Arunachal

PTI / Feb 3, 2024, 08:45 IST

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Gadkari reviews progress of Frontier Highway in Arunachal

Itanagar: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday reviewed the progress of the ambitious Frontier Highway project in Arunachal Pradesh.
Gadkari, the Union minister for road transport and highways, took stock of the project’s progress in New Delhi along with earth sciences minister Kiren Rijiju and MoS for road transport and highways Gen VK Singh.
“Reviewed the progress of Frontier Highway Project with Union Minister Shri @KirenRijiju Ji, Union MoS General Shri @Gen_VKSingh Ji and MP Shri @TapirGao Ji in New Delhi today,” Gadkari posted on X.
“It is a flagship project poised to have a profound impact on the socio-economic landscape of Arunachal Pradesh and the entire Northeast region,” the minister said in another social media post.

Sharing the information, Rijiju posted on X, “Had meeting with Hon Union Minister @nitin_gadkari Ji to review the progress of major roads in Arunachal Pradesh including the historic Frontier Highway. Senior officers of MoRTH, BRO and NHIDCL attended the meeting.”
The Arunachal Frontier Highway (AFH), officially notified as NH-913 and also called Bomdila-Vijaynagar Highway, will start from Bomdila and pass through Nafra, Huri, and Monigong, which is closer to the LAC. PTI

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