The project, which has been given a construction period of three years, will be developed in Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Mode. (Source: File)The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved the construction of 86-km four-lane highway from Kaliabor to Numaligarh on NH-715 in Assam at a cost of Rs 6,957 crore. The stretch of the highway lies on the Guwahati-Dibrugarh Corridor, which runs along the Brahmaputra river and passes through Kaziranga National Park. The project, which has been given a construction period of three years, will be developed in Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Mode. Some sections of the existing Kaliabor-Numaligarh section of NH-715 (old NH-37) is two-laned with some parts passing through Kaziranga National Park and densely built up areas of Jakhalabandha and Bokakhat.