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Project detail:
The project aims to enhance the climate disaster resilience of hill roads and promote sustainable and inclusive development in the hilly areas of Assam. It involves upgrading and rehabilitating damaged roads with climate-resilient features, improving alternative routes, enhancing road safety, developing rural logistics and mobility infrastructure, establishing rural logistics centers and freight terminals, piloting ropeways, and strengthening flood and landslide early-warning systems. The project covers selected areas of Dima Hasao district and includes 120.13 km of priority road corridors. It is expected to improve connectivity, reduce travel time and transportation costs, support market access, and create employment opportunities, including opportunities for women’s self-help groups.
Project Cost: US$ 443.75 million total operation cost. World Bank IBRD financing: US$ 355.00 million; counterpart funding: US$ 88.75 million.
Note: please download project document attached to this project for more information.
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