BRO launches construction of 202-km NH in Imphal

Construction of the 202 Km long Shangshak-Tengnoupal highway (NH 102-A) has been started by the Border Road Organization (BRO) recently. The organization had launched the project in 1993 but abandoned it without achieving any tangible progress. The project then was brought under the State PWD as a State highway but it also failed on the standardization clause. The NH would connect with the Imphal-Moreh highway at the Tengnoupal-Sita junction. On the other hand, it would also connect Shangshak with Finch Corner and then with Imphal-Ukhrul road the former is being constructed only after it was declared as NH 102-A by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The due tender process is underway for the 83.5 km long Shangshak-Khonglo section of NH 102-A and for the 40.5 Km long Khonglo-Kasom Khullen section, the work has been awarded to a contractor with the letter of acceptance and an agreement has also been signed. But the 10 km long Kasom Khullen-Yairipok junction has already been constructed as a part of another project funded by ADB. Work order and letter of acceptance for the 68 km long Yairipok junction to Tengnoupal-Sita junction have been awarded to Rajasthan based M/S Varha. Construction work of the highway began recently in the section, which was awarded to another contractor. The project is slated to be completed in one year provided there are no undue disturbances.