AGARTALA, June 17 (TIWN): The double lane project from Capital City Agartala to Southern Tripura that began in 2015, has crossed the deadline, a source said.

In the month of June the work was to get completed but even its 30 % has not completed so far.

 Tripura CM Manik Sarkar during the laying of foundation stone for Agartala-Udaipur route highway by Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari lashed out at former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh alleging that even after his public announcement at Agartala in 2005 for four-laning of National Highway between Churaibari (Assam border) and Agartala, his government sat on the proposal for 10 years and further thanks the BJP Govt for supporting Tripura Govt. However, Gadkari instructed the National Highway Development Corporation Ltd to complete the double-laning work of Agartala-Udaipur and Udaipur-Sabroom (73.71 km) NH within two years. But after the inauguration of the project in 2015, July 1st not even 30 % of the work has been done. Tripura CM Manik Sarkar, Chief Secretary Yash Pal Singh state principal secretary of PWD Lok Ranjan & other Tripura high officials were present on that occasion.

 On that day Nitin Gadkari said, the central government has sanctioned a total of Rs 871 crores for the project in two phases.