NEW DELHI, Dec 17 ? Subject to availability of funds, the Bogibeel Road-cum-Rail Bridge Project is scheduled to be completed in 2008-2009, Union Minister of State for Railways, R.Velu said in the Rajya Sabha. In a written reply to a question tabled by Silvius Condpan, the minister said widening and strengthening of the National Highway- 52 from Lakhimpur to Jonai was planned to commence from the current financial year.
The NH is proposed to widened in anticipation to the increase in traffic intensity after completion of the bridge. The minister further added that the works of four laning under East-West Corridor of NH Development Programme in Assam was expected to be awarded by March next year. These works are scheduled for completion by 2007, the overall target date of completion of NHDP, he added.