The foundation stone laying ceremony of the Dhubri-Phulbhari Bridge was held in presence of Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Chief Minister of Assam, and other dignitaries. The 19KM long Dhubri-Phulbhari Bridge will connect Assam and Meghalaya over the Brahmaputra River, making it the longest of all river bridges in India.
The Dhubri-Phulbhari Bridge is provided with financial support by Japan, amounting to JPY 25,483 million (Rs 1,573-crore), as “North East Road Connectivity Improvement Project- Phase 3 (l)”. Once the bridge is completed, traveling time between Dhubri and Phulbhari will become dramatically shorter.
Mr. Suzuki Satoshi, Ambassador of Japan to India, said, “I am proud that Japan is able to make contributions to such an important project. The Dhubri-Phulbhari Bridge symbolizes the friendship between Japan and India and, in particular, the cooperative relationship that Japan and India will have in the North East of India in the future.” Mr. Matsumoto Katsuo, Chief Representative, JICA India said, “The construction of the Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge is expected to dramatically improve access from Bhutan to Bangladesh via India, facilitate the movement of people and the flow of goods, the flow of ideas.”
Since 2008, Japan, through its funding agency known as JICA, has extended 231 billion Japanese Yen (Rs 16,174-crore) as concessional ODA loans for development of North East Region.
