In a letter to Gadkari, Gogoi underlined that the highway construction has been held up for a decade and the delay in the construction work is leading to frequent mishaps and traffic jams.
The project, which commenced with the laying of its foundation stone by Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on May 1, 2015, has only achieved a physical progress of 30.96 percent over the last eight and a half years.