Nitin Gadkari inaugurates 15 National Highway projects of Rs 4000 crore in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
Connecting
Himachal Pradesh, situated in the lap of Himalayas, with world class
infrastructure, the Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Nitin
Gadkari today inaugurated and laid the foundation stone 15 National Highway
projects and 1 Ropeway project at cost of Rs 4,000 crore in Hamirpur,
Himachal Pradesh. BJP National President and Member of Parliament, Jagat
Prakash Nadda and Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Anurag
Thakur, Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department Minister Vikramaditya Singh
and MLAs and officials were also present on the occasion.
The projects inaugurated today include construction of Theog bypass on
Devrighat-Premghat, construction of 196 m long bridge on Kalruhi section and
construction of 225 m long Dhaliyara bridge on National Highway 503 in Kangra
district. The projects that were laid today includes road construction
projects, construction of 8 km long 4-lane missing link and cable stay bridge
on National Highway 503A till Birhu-Lathiani, 2 km long bridge from Mohal in
Kullu to the famous Bijli Mahadev Temple at a cost of Rs 272 crore.
Construction of ropeway, slope protection works of 4 km length to prevent
landslides on Parwanoo-Solan section of National Highway 22, construction of
500 m long artificial tunnel on National Highway 5, construction of 410 m long
2-lane RUB on National Highway 503. Four projects are underway through
construction and CRIF.
With the construction of these projects, the distance
from Hamirpur to Mandi will be reduced by 15 km and the connectivity of areas
like Tauni Devi, Awahdevi, Sarkaghat, Dharampur will improve. With Darlaghat
Cement Factory and AIIMS Bilaspur getting 4-lane connectivity, the logistics
and health services of this area will improve. The cable stayed bridge on
Govind Sagar Lake will reduce the current distance from Birhu to Lathiani,
Hamirpur to Una by 21 km. With the construction of the ropeway, the journey to
the pilgrimage site Bijli Mahadev will reduce from the present 2 hours 30
minutes to about 7 minutes and all-weather connectivity will be provided to
36000 pilgrims every day.
The work of slope protection and tunnel construction will
solve the problem of landslides and travel will be safe and easy. Construction
of various highway projects will ease the difficult journey on hilly roads.