North-South Corridor is a direct communication project with North Bengal along with
Haldia Port
The Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) also popularly known as Haldia Port is a docking facility on the Hooghly River in Haldia, West Bengal, India. It is one of the two dock systems under the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, with the other being ...
of
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
's sea port. Under this project, State Road 4 and State Road 7. To increase the communication of
Haldia port
The Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) also popularly known as Haldia Port is a docking facility on the Hooghly River in Haldia, West Bengal, India. It is one of the two dock systems under the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, with the other being ...
with neighboring countries like
Nepal
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-Bhutan-
Bangladesh
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, the country's northeast will have to widen the SH4 and SH7. That's why ADB will provide ₹4500 crore (70 percent of total project cost) to the state. State administration sources said, for this purpose, it will take 271 hectares of land initially.
West Bengal Highway Development Corporation
West Bengal Highway Development Corporation Limited (WBHDCL) is a state agency of the Government of West Bengal established in 2012, for development, implementation and construction of State Highways and other important roads in the state of We ...
or West Bengal Road Development Corporation has been entrusted to the land.null
ADB experts are making plans for the development of the road, the DPR, or the roadmap of the road construction. Experts from
Kharagpur IIT will see the projects report.
References
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Roads in West Bengal