<span style="color: #222222;">Responding to Assam government's appeal, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways  has declared the roads connecting the existing National Highway-715 near Jorhat with Kamalabari Ghat in Majuli as National Highways – 715K under National Highways Act, 1956.<br />''<br />'' Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has welcomed Centre's decision to declare the new highways in the state . He said that the move would expedite the development process of the river island district Majuli while further bolstering road communication infrastructure in the state.</span><br />