New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved widening, to four-lane, and improvement of the existing carriageway of the Kalibor-Numaligarh section of NH-715 in Assam, including the implementation of wildlife-friendly measures proposed on the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) stretch.

The project will be developed on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Mode with a total length of 85.675 km at Rs 6,957 crore, according to a Cabinet communique.

The project will also generate approximately 15.42 lakh person-days of direct and 19.19 lakh person-days of indirect employment, and will open new avenues of growth, development and prosperity in surrounding regions.

The existing Kalibor-Numaligarh section of NH-

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