Kullu: Himachal Pradesh chief minister
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has urged Union minister for road transport and national highways
Nitin Gadkari to declare 39-km Ranital-Kotla and 41-km Ghumarwin-Jahu-Sarkaghat roads as national highways.
Speaking at a review meeting of the national highway projects, chaired by Gadkari on Tuesday evening in New Delhi, the CM said that these roads have already been constructed as per the national highway standards and stand declared ‘in-principle national highway’.
He said that roads were the major mode of transport in the hill state. He added that no new national highway has been declared for Himachal in the last eight years.
Sukhu also requested to release Rs 172.97 crore for restoration of various state roads adjoining national highways that had got damaged due to flash floods and landslides during the monsoon season last year.
He said that these roads include Kullu Manali, Mandi-Kamand-Katola-Bajaura road and Chail-Gohar-Pandoh road. The CM said that announcement was made by the minister during his visit to the state after the unprecedented disaster that the Centre shall provide adequate funds for the repair and restoration of damaged state roads within a distance of one km from the national highways.
He said that these roads were of significance as they ease traffic congestions on the national highways and proved vital during previous monsoon season wherein many road stretches were damaged on Kullu-Manali highway.
The chief minister said that Shimla-Mataur national highway is an important highway of the state providing connectivity to eight districts with the state capital and adjoining states. He requested the minister to issue directions to authorities for uniform upgradation of the highways to four lane standards instead of two-lane standards.
PWD minister Vikramaditya Singh and CPS Sundar Singh Thakur were present during the meeting.
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