{"id":83480,"date":"2026-01-20T17:43:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=83480"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:13:28","slug":"kaziranga-elevated-corridor-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kaziranga-elevated-corridor-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaziranga Elevated Corridor Project, Objectives, Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Why in News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Prime Minister, during his Assam visit, laid the foundational stone of the Kaziranga Elevated Corridor of worth over 6,950 Crore in Kaliabor, Assam. During the Programme, two new Amrit Bharat Express trains were also flagged off.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About the Kaziranga Elevated Corridor Project<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaziranga Elevated Corridor Project is a four-lane 86 km long environment-friendly highway project that will pass through the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/kaziranga-national-park\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kaziranga National Park<\/strong><\/a> and widen the existing NH-7155 from two to four lanes. It will enhance the connectivity and people\u2019s movement while protecting the biodiversity and the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vision:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 To enhance the connectivity across upper Assam, while protecting the rich biodiversity of the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The project will connect the Nagaon, Kharbi Anglong and Golaghat districts of Upper Assam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project will ensure uninterrupted movements of the animals, lessen the human-wildlife conflicts and will enhance the road safety.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project will features 35km of Elevated corridor that will pass through the Kazirang Park, 21 km of Bypass section and 30 km of further widening of the two lane highway section of NH-715 to four lanes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Kaziranga Elevated Corridor Project Objectives<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The objectives of the Kaziranga Elevated Corridor Project is given below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure free flow of people and wildlife, and material.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduce the human-wildlife conflicts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthen road safety and reduce travel and accident rates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improve the connectivity of the upper Assam, specifically Dibrugarh and Tinsukia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will support growing passenger and freight traffic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bypasses will decongest the towns, improve urban mobility and enhance the quality of rural and local residents.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project will be developed on an Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Kaziranga Elevated Corridor Project Significance<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protect the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>UNESCO world heritage site<\/strong><\/a> while also ensuring the development of the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promote tourism with sustainable development principles and will also generate employment opportunities for the local and the youths.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will further protect the one-horned Rhino, the flagship specie of Kaziranga National Park.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the monsoon the park gets flooded, which force the wildlife movement through the highway leading to congestion and mostly the human-animal conflict, thus the project will ensure a safer movement for both the wildlife and the people.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>About Kaziranga National Park<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaziranga National Park is located between the Brahmaputra River and the Karbi Hills of Assam, spread over an area of 42,996 Hectares.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1985, it was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the home of the world\u2019s most one-horned rhinos.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the single largest undisturbed area in the Brahmaputra valley floodplains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covered with tall and dense elephant grasses and inhabitates the Gangetic River dolphin, Tigers, Eastern swamp deer, Elephant, Hoolock gibbon etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>River Diffalu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a tributary of the Brahmaputra flows through the Park.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaziranga is known for <\/span><b>successful anti-poaching measures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, rhino census programs, and strict protection strategies that have significantly increased wildlife populations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annual floods of the Brahmaputra enrich the soil, maintain wetlands, and help in <\/span><b>seed dispersal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, playing a critical role in the park\u2019s ecological balance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The park and surrounding areas are culturally important, with indigenous communities historically relying on the landscape for sustenance and integrating traditional ecological knowledge in conservation practices.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaziranga Elevated Corridor Project is an 86 km eco-friendly 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