New Delhi, February 14 The Union Cabinet has approved a project worth Rs 18,662 crore to construct a four-lane, access-controlled greenfield corridor between Gohpur and Numaligarh, featuring India’s first road-cum-rail tunnel under the Brahmaputra River in Assam.Currently, the connectivity...
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New Delhi, February 14 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the construction of India's first 34-km-long twin-tube underwater road-cum-rail tunnel between Gohpur and Numaligarh in Assam at a total capital cost of Rs 18,662 crore...
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