Meeting of Public Works Department Bypasses will soon be constructed at five major places of the state with the cooperation of the Central Government. In this sequence, the high level committee has given its approval to the construction of Paligad to Janakichatti on Yamunotri National Highway, Agastyamuni bypass on Rudraprayag-Gaurikund National Highway, Kund bypass. Similarly, the Over Site Committee has given its approval to the construction of Rishikesh bypass and Champawat bypass. Cabinet Minister Satpal Maharaj said that the construction of these routes will facilitate smooth movement of vehicles to Chardham and China border.
Minister Satpal Maharaj reviewed the departmental schemes with the officials
On Tuesday, Public Works Department Minister Satpal Maharaj reviewed the departmental schemes with the officials of National Highway and Public Works Department at the camp office located on Subhash Road. It was told in the meeting that on the instructions of the Ministry of Road Transport, DPR is being prepared for the widening of the National Highway from Dugdda to Gumkhal, so that a proper route can be made to go to Chardham via Kotdwar and Pauri. In the meeting, the Cabinet Minister instructed the officials to do the work of the roads connecting the city to the Outer Ring Road being built in Dehradun at a cost of 1400 crores in a planned manner. There is also a provision for running electric buses on this route. He said that the roads and drains in the city have become uneven, the deficiency should be removed by conducting a field inspection of all these places.
In the meeting, he also instructed to construct a local circuit route from Ghansali to Ghutthu-Pawalikantha-Triyuginarayan-Kalimath-Chaumasi-Sonprayag. He said that bridges with higher load carrying capacity should be built in place of old bridges on the National Highway. He also instructed to speed up the construction of Ojri Tunnel on the Yamunotri route. PWD department head DK Yadav, regional officer NHAI DK Sharma and chief engineer Dayanand etc. were present in the meeting.
New DPR being prepared for Mussoorie tunnel
A new DPR is being prepared for Mussoorie tunnel at the centre. After the construction of this tunnel, there will be relief from traffic jam on Dehradun-Mussoorie road. On Tuesday, Cabinet Minister Ganesh Joshi met Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Ajay Tamta. During this, he requested the Union Minister to construct Mussoorie tunnel and Kimari motor road. He said that due to traffic jam on Mussoorie-Dehradun road, passengers go to Mussoorie from Kimari via Hathi Paon. Considering its importance, it can be constructed through Central Road Fund. On this, the Union Minister of State asked to send its proposal to the Centre. During this, Cabinet Minister Joshi also discussed with the Union Minister of State about Delhi-Dehradun Expressway, Dehradun-Mussoorie road, Dehradun ring road and Dehradun-Paonta Sahib scheme.
