NHIDCL says 2-lane Chakabama-Zunheboto road 85.33% complete

DIMAPUR— The National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) has updated the progress of the National Highway-702A, stating that the construction of 2-lane Chakabama-Zunheboto (C-Z) road with hard shoulders on Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) from design Km 50-75 under Package-3 in Nagaland.

It said the project has made a physical progress of 85.33% with a cumulative financial progress of 75.12% so far.

The 2-lane Chakabama-Zunheboto (C-Z) road, which is being constructed under the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme (SARDP) scheme, covers a total length of 25 km and was awarded to M/s Madhucon Projects Limited on March 23 2018 with a sanctioned cost/total project cost of INR 285.68 crore, out of which INR 194.10 crore has been awarded till date, as per the NHIDCL portal.

The project commenced on September 5 2019 with the original project completion scheduled for September 3 2022. Delayed by about 10 months, the project is likely to be completed by August 31 2023, as per the NHIDCL. 

It may be mentioned that Advisor to Transport and Technical Education, Temjenmenba had on Friday expressed dismay over the deplorable condition of NH-702D after conducting a spot verification of the road with Mokokchung DC and other officials.

The NH-702D is the lifeline of people from as many as five districts of Nagaland — Mokokchung, Tuensang, Zunheboto, Tuensang and Noklak.

The NHIDCL, which has been awarded 39 projects in Nagaland between 2016 and 2023, has come under the scanner after the recent rockslide incident between Chathe bridge and Khuokhi bridge along the Kohima-Dimapur four-lane road (NH-29) that killed two people and injured three.