JICA, MoRTH holds meeting on Highways’ capacity development project

On February 11, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) organized an online meeting of the 9th Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to support capacity development projects on highways in mountainous regions.

The Technical Cooperation (TC) project started in April 2016 with the aim of improving institutional capacity for road construction in mountainous areas. This JCC was the last to be held before the completion of the project in March 2022.

Additional: KC Gupta As chairman of the JCC meeting, Secretary MoRTH (IAS) was present. In the presence of other dignitaries and officials of the Government of India MoRTH, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), Embassy of Japan and JICA, SAITO Mitsunori, Chief Representative, JICA India, held a short speech at the meeting.