Explained: The Importance Of An Upgraded Kolkata-Siliguri Highway
by Jaideep Mazumdar - Feb 1, 2021 11:31 AM
Representative image for Kolkata. (Wikimedia Commons)
Snapshot
Presently, the 560-odd kilometres between Kolkata and Siliguri take anything between 15 hours and 18 hours or even more to traverse.
The 2021-2022 Union Budget proposals presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament today (1 February) contained a crucial project for Bengal.
The proposal to upgrade the existing road link between state capital Kolkata and Bengalâs second most important city â Siliguri â is crucial for Bengalâs development.
The existing arterial link between the two most important urban agglomerates in Bengal is in a mess, and has been so over the past six decades.