CPI(M) Leaders Urge NHIDCL to Expedite NH-4 Renovation in North & Middle Andaman

Tarun Karthick

Sri Vijaya Puram, 07 March 2025

Expressing concern over the sluggish progress of renovation work on National Highway-4 (NH-4) in North and Middle Andaman, CPI(M) leaders met the Executive Director of the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) on March 5, 2025.

D. Ayyappan, Secretary of the CPI(M) A&N State Organising Committee, together with P. Sathyapal, State Secretariat Member, urged NHIDCL to speed up the work whereas the truthful climate persists. They emphasised that the area’s wet season usually begins in May or June, making it essential to finish pending work earlier than then.

In response, the Executive Director assured the CPI(M) leaders that your entire renovation of NH-4 can be accomplished by the tip of 2025.

Regarding the stalled building of the bridge at Middle Strait, the NHIDCL official knowledgeable the delegation that the contract has been awarded to a brand new agency. The new contractor is within the technique of mobilizing heavy equipment for the undertaking, which is now scheduled for completion by March 2026.

The CPI(M) leaders confused the significance of well timed completion of those key infrastructure tasks for the comfort of residents and travellers in North and Middle Andaman.