Northeast security top priority; strategic tunnels to boost connectivity: Assam CM
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said security in the Northeast is a prime concern and several strategic infrastructure projects are being implemented to ensure uninterrupted connectivity to the region even in the event of an attack by an enemy nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati on Saturday. (PTI) Sarma’s remarks came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated an emergency landing facility (ELF) on a national highway at Moran in Assam’s Dibrugarh district, and after the Union Cabinet approved the construction of a twin-tube road-cum-rail tunnel beneath the Brahmaputra river connecting Numaligarh to Gohpur. The ₹18,662-crore project will be the second such twin tunnel in the world after a similar one being built under the Baltic Sea between Germany and Denmark. The project will have four partners — the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), the Assam government, the Indian Railways and the Indian Army, Sarma said. “In case of a war, if some bridges over the Brahmaputra are bombed, the …








