Dr Sangma, who met Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Kamal Nath at the national capital, requested for maintaining uniform pavement weight all along the NH-51.
On the four-laning of Shillong-Guwahati Road (NH-40), the Chief Minister said necessary steps taken for completion of land acquisition by the state need to be expeditiously implemented in view of the traffic intensity on the road being the main road connecting states like Mizoram, Tripura, Barak valley of Assam and Manipur.
He also apprised the Union Minister of the socio-political and economic importance of this road in view of the number of states that are connected and Indias Look-East Policy and the Policy under SARDP-NE for connecting all the States capitals with four lane roads.
The four lanes of this important road may be taken up on a priority basis in the best interests of the Region.