Imphal, Jan 30: The North Eastern Council has sanctioned construction of 615 km long roads across seven states in the North East under the North-East Road Sector Development Scheme, NERSDS. NEC secretary Ram Muivah said projects include the 67 km long Mebo-Dholla road connecting Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, 51 km long Tening road in Nagaland and Lekie in Assam, upgradation of NH 202 and NH 150 and upgradation of NH 2 to Dikhu Bridge via Longmisa in Nagaland. He said this was the first major project undertaken by the NEC under the new scheme which covers 14 roads connecting the neighbouring states and would be taken up during 2017-18. Muivah said the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited has been asked to prepare DPR and execute these projects this year.