National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) has informed that construction work of 2-lane Kohima-Jessami road on NH-29, which is part of Package-3 of NH (O) 2019-20, was currently progressing.
It stated that construction was specifically taking place from km 53.220 near Kikruma village to km 76.320 near Mesulumi village, covering a length of 22.70 km (km 51.50 to km 74.20).
Further, NHIDCL informed that construction work of 2-laning of Chakabama-Zunheboto (C-Z) road, especially the section from km 50 to km75 (Package 3), was progressing rapidly.
On October 30 last, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari expressed concern over land acquisition in states such as Nagaland and Meghalaya and warned that projects could be closed if the issues were not resolved soon.