National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) may be entrusted the task of completing the national highways in the mountainous northeast and Uttarakhand to complement the efforts of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). The latter seems to be overburdened and has been instructed to scale up and improve its functioning. Sources said NHIDCL may soon take over 10 projects with a total length of 1,053.05 km while the remaining 957.44 km of roads may be taken over after field verification and recce, ascertaining readiness to take over for maintenance. The highway projects which the NHIDCL is set to take over from the BRO are in Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, and Uttrakhand. The longest among these are 262 km Churachandpur-Tipaimukh, followed by the 170.88 km Jessami-Yanganpokpi, 129 km Kohima-Jessami, all in Manipur; a 115 km stretch between Dumro-Same Basti-Etalin is in Arunachal Pradesh, according to sources The other highway stretches to be taken over includes 75.54 km between Ghatiabagarh and Lipulekh in Uttrakhand; 56.13 km between Brahm Kund and Chowkam, 95 km between Seppa and Sarli, both in Arunachal Pradesh; 99.50 km between Gangtok and Chungthang, 27.80 km between Chungthang and Lachen and 22 km between Chungthang and Lachung - all three in Sikkim.