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East-West Industrial Corridor Highway, Arunachal Pradesh

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Background

The Government of Arunachal Pradesh (GoAP) is responsible for preparing DPR which has planning, survey, environmental and land acquisition approvals as prerequisites. Once DPR is ready, these projects are granted approval by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). Some of these projects subsume the existing or under-construction roads constructed by BRO, NHAI, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), CPWD and other states of India or other nations. Hence, right from the inception, these projects require GoAP to facilitate coordinated efforts of multiple entities including MoRTH, NHAI, MoPSW, MoDNER, CPWD, state PWDs, BRO, MoD, NSA, Ministry of External Affairs (MoEA), and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). BJP-led Government of India (GoI) and GoAP were trying to expedite some of these projects. Since some these are constructed by BRO, once the paved basic road has been constructed by BRO ideally these should be handed over to NHAI and state PWDs (with the status of NH and SH accessible to civilians) so that BRO can focus on its core activity of building newer strategic border roads in the inaccessible areas. This is not done always due to turf war by BRO and poor efforts (poor justification to MoD and poor overall coordination) by the concerned state govt, resulting in lack of connectivity optimisation and poor collective ROI for India. Hence, persistent efforts by GoAP and firm backing by GoI are key to success, timely completion and maximisation of ROI of these projects.

Important road projects of Arunachal Pradesh

These major highways, spanning across the entire length of Arunachal Pradesh, are key to Arunachal Pradesh's development, India's national security and international Look East connectivity.

  • East-West Industrial Corridor Highway (this project):
    Proposed highway which runs long foothills of Himalaya in lower in Arunachal Pradesh. As of 2021, some phases are under survey and DPR while others are yet to be planned or surveyed.
  • Trans-Arunachal Highway:
    Partially existing highway which roughly divides Arunachal Pradesh in upper two-third and lower one-third portions. As of 2021, some phases are under survey and DPR while others are yet to be planned or surveyed.
  • Arunachal Central Highway:
    Partially existing highway which roughly divides Arunachal Pradesh in two equal halves. Parts of its alignment could be taken from the India-China Border Roads (ICBR) being constructed by BRO. As of 2021, there were no media reports of any integrated planning or surveys by GoAP except the ICBR projects being undertaken by the BRO in an isolated manner.
    It runs from Radi (in Bhutan, existing highway from Radi connects to Silliguri Corridor via Trashigang) to Sakteng Arunachal-Bhutan border (greenfield route),
    Sakteng-Lubrang-Dirang direct alignment (partially greenfield), Dirang-Khenewa HQ (greenfield, via Thembang-Khoina-Nafra(circle HQ)-Koyo-BarmengHQ),
    Khenewa-Yangfo-Koloriang (upgrade existing, some ICBRs, with additional Yangfo-Zero Point partially greenfield spur),
    Koloriang-Tato (greenfield, some ICBRs, Tato is HQ of Shi Yomi district),
    Tato-Payum-YingkongHQ-Mariyang (existing Tato-Payum, greenfield Payum-Gashing-Jengging, Jengging-Yingking-Mariyang (existing),
    Mariyang-Etalin (direct greenfield alignment, from Mariyang or Damro-Boga-Lasing then to Awoka-Atiyi-Etalin HQ),
    Etalin-Apanli-Fishtail-II-Changlagam/Desali (upgrade of existing village road west-to-east Etain-Anose-Sunil-Apanli-Malinye-Chibuni to east of Chibuni at confluence of river, at confluence turn south and go on top of western-most spur of Fishtail-II ridge were river originates, 2 spur roads from Fishtail ridge top - one over the ridge to southwest to Desali HQ to NH-313 and second spur from ridge top to southeast to Changlagam HQ along the river, build road in interim and all-weather tunnel as long-term connectivity),
    Changlagam-Chirang-Walong (greenfield), Walong-Krosam (existing), Krosam-Namdapha Camp (greenfield), to Longyi.
  • Arunachal Frontier Highway:
    Proposed highway which runs long and as close as possible to the India-China LAC. Parts of its alignment could be taken from the ICBR being constructed by BRO. As of 2021, there were no media reports of any integrated planning or surveys by Arunachal Pradesh government except the ICBR projects being undertaken by the BRO in an isolated manner.

Following either intersect with or synergetically enhance the wider connectivity of this highway.

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