Overview

• The approved stretch covers 85.675 km, combining 30.22 km of at-grade widening with greenfield bypasses at Jakhalabandha (11.5 km) and Bokakhat (9.5 km).
• The government plans to abandon the existing two-lane road inside Kaziranga once the elevated section opens, incorporating the old alignment into the national park.
• The corridor’s alignment links NH-127, NH-129 and SH-35 and connects to three railway stations and three airports to bolster multimodal connectivity across Assam.
• A Cabinet brief projects about 15.42 lakh person-days of direct employment and 19.19 lakh person-days of indirect work during the project.
• MoRTH says the Kaziranga design was developed with the Environment Ministry, NTCA and the Wildlife Institute of India to enable uninterrupted animal movement and cut collision risks.