Garhwal commissioner CS Napalchyal visited the Char Dham tourist bus transit compound in Rishikesh on Wednesday to check the various facilities here for pilgrims. He directed the roadways officials to shift their workshop to the designated site out of the tourist bus transit compound by Thursday.
Arriving on a surprise inspection at the Char Dham tourist bus transit compound on Wednesday morning, the Garhwal commissioner interacted with some of the pilgrims present there and also visited the photometric registration counter being operated here and sought various details. later, talking to departmental officials, he directed that the construction of toilets on the route to Badrinath be completed without further delay. Talking to the Pioneer, he said that he had directed the roadways to shift their workshop to the allotted site near Natraj Chowk to resolve the inconvenience being caused by the workshop at the tourist bus transit compound.
Regarding commercial encroachment by kiosk owners on the compound, he said that the Rishikesh municipality is meant to resolve this issue by providing shops to the eligible kiosk owners while removing encroachments. On being told about auto-rickshaw drivers overcharging commuters and local eateries not displaying their rates, the commissioner said that he would talk to the municipality for redressal of these anomalies. Regarding the state of Char Dham Yatra routes, he said that there were about nine nullahs ahead of Hanuman Chatti on the national highway 58 to Badrinath which could cause some problems but measures had been taken to tackle such situations. “A retaining wall is being constructed at lambagad slide zone while bull dozers have been deployed at both sides of the slide zone to ensure swift removal of debris when required. There is enough ration in Badrinath,” he added.