Dehradun District Magistrate SA Murugesan conducted physical inspection of the under - construction road tunnel near Daat Kali temple on Tuesday. He directed the executing agency Bharat Construction director Rajeev Garg and other officers to ensure that quality is maintained in the construction of the tunnel.
He also stressed on the project being completed within the stipulated time frame. He inspected labour register notebooks and materials being used for the tunnel construction.
On the occasion, Bharat Construction Company director Rajeev Garg informed the DM that this is the first tunnel being made in Uttarakhand on a motor road. It is also built along the Uttar Pradesh- Uttarakhand border.
He further said that a footpath is also being made for pedestrians on both sides of the road. The 330 metre- long tunnel is being built at an estimated cost of Rs 57 crores. 65 metres of the tunnel works have been completed from Uttarakhand side and six metres from Uttar Pradesh side, he said, adding that the construction would be completed by May 30, 2019, well before the fixed time frame, the first of its kind achievement in Uttarakhand.Others present during the inspection were NHAI Roorkee block executive engineer Shailendra Mishra and assistant engineer DC Nautiyal.