With the announcement of tight completion schedule by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, infrastructure projects worth Rs. 24,000 crore are up for grab in the north- eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. The projects include the double laning of over 1,500 km Trans-Arunachal Highway, crisscrossing through the middle of the hilly tribal belt and the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2013.

According to available reports, the double lane highway would pass through eleven district headquarters and another 850 km two lane highway would connect five other districts. The Trans-Arunachal Highway, rail, air connectivity and construction of two small hydro project will meet the energy requirement and strengthen the connectivity of villages located on borders side and suffering from isolation for decades.

Similarly, work on the Rs. 156 crore rail links between the state capital of Itanagar and Harmuti in Assam has already been started and will be completed by 2014. The area is witnessing a noticeable progress in work on the greenfield airport being constructed at Itanagar and Advance Landing Grounds airport at Tuting, Meechuka, Vijaynagar, Wallong and Pasighat, they said.