Arunachal Pradesh Highways

Arunachal has been building roads very fast, at 2000km per year and this is making a significant impact on road density (up from 26 to 33km/100km2 in 6yrs). 

When CM Khandu tweeted about the highways development program and its benefits on jobs and poverty, etc, the response of citizens was like this: Correctly said, Absolutely,  The people of Arunachal Pradesh are witness to it sir and we are thankful to you 🙏— Joram Tat🇮🇳 (@JoramTat2) October 10, 2022

A beautiful drive on the newly inaugurated 4km approach road of Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar. @PMOIndia — Pema Khandu (@PemaKhanduBJP) November 16, 2022

Push For Infrastructure Projects Is Changing The Face Of Arunachal Pradesh Link

"But it is the road sector, that is making the most dramatic strides. Work is going on at a hectic pace to complete the Trans Arunachal Highway, East-West Corridor and Arunachal Frontier Highway."

Arunachal Frontier Highway (in Blue) will come up as a 2-lane highway (1450km, with Rs 27,400cr new sanction) along Arunachal's international border. A 2-lane inter-connectivity corridor of 1048km (Rs 15,720cr) and 2-lane road btw Brahmakund to Chowkham (61 kms, Rs915cr) were also sanctioned for construction.

Work on Frontier highway has already started, "with state-of-art equipment deployed to fast track the process". AFh will be among the toughest and most ambitious road projects in India. It will create a strategically-important, inter-valleys road corridor in the high mountains. "Proposed highway along with other ongoing projects will provide a huge boost to the Army’s capability to move from one valley to another." Link

Trans Arunachal Pradesh Highway (in Red) — another ambitious project — is under construction, to be completed by 2024. It is a 2-lane paved shoulder. East-West Economic Corridor (970km, in lowlands, close to Arunachal-Assam border) and Six corridors (or 6 North-South roads, joining missing links between NH-15, EWEC, TAPh & AFh, of 2180km length) are also being built.

Separately, BRO under MOD is building Strategic roads, bridges and tunnels, in-depth and right up to the Tibet and Myanmar borders. Eg. all-weather road access to Tawang will happen by early-2023, as BRO-built Nechiphu & Sela Tunnels (2.5km, under Sela pass), on Balipara-Charduar-Tawang NH, are nearing completion.

Existing roads are being further developed under SARDP-NE (shown below, with the TAP highway).