Key Siliguri Corridor highway in Bengal gets Rs 2,077-crore expansion plan

Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday announced approval for a Rs 2,077-crore project to widen a crucial highway connecting Bagdogra in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district with Galgalia in neighbouring Bihar’s Kishanganj district.

The project involves four-laning of the 31.02-km Bagdogra-Panitanki-Kharibari-Galgalia section of NH-327.