Traffic Disruption Risk To Sikkim, Northeast: What Centre Told Bengal On Chicken Neck Corridor | Exclusive

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• Traffic Disruption Risk To Sikkim, Northeast: What Centre Told Bengal On Chicken Neck Corridor | Exclusive Reported By, Edited By Last Updated: May 20, 2026, 17:00 IST Acting quickly, the Adhikari government on May 16 gave an in-principle approval for handing over seven stretches of national highways to the NHAI and the NHIDCL Rapid Read West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
• (File Photo: PTI) Just two days after Suvendu Adhikari took over as the new chief minister of West Bengal, the Centre wrote an alarming letter to the state, pointing out that there could be “potential disruption" of traffic to Sikkim and Northeast if highway stretches, including some in the Chicken Corridor, were not handed over to the Centre for maintenance.
• CNN-News18 has accessed the letter written by the Centre on May 11 to the Chief Secretary of West Bengal.
• “Due to non-handing over and taking over, maintenance of important...