Underground expressway proposed between Siliguri & Sikkim

's over dependence on the vital 31A for connectivity with the rest of the country may soon be over with an overseas construction company proposing to build a state-of-the-art underground expressway between Sevoke in In the first of its kind road infrastructure for the North-East, US-based construction major 'Star universal Resources Company' has proposed to build a 53 km expressway having tunnels and bridges between Sevoke and Gangtok, official sources said. It would built at the estimated cost of Rs 1550 crore to be borne by the company itself under a Private-Public -Partnership (PPP) agreement, the sources said. The proposed expressway between Coronation bridge (Bag Pul) at Sevoke to Gangtok would have two pairs of tunnels of about 100 square km each, of which one pair would be used for road traffic and the other for... [read full story]