Under the ambitious all-weather road project for the Char Dham shrines, 68 works were sanctioned and completed from 2015 to 2017. Till date, total of 135 projects to be implemented by State’s Public Works Department have been sanctioned since May 2014. Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Mansukh lal Mandavia provided this information in a written reply to a question in lok Sabha.
Char Dham National Highway connectivity programme comprises projects of improvement/development of 889 kilometre length of national highways leading to Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri shrines with a part of the route leading to Kailash Mansarovar yatra at a total project cost of Rs 11,700 crore.
The construction work on the Char Dham project is underway and targeted to be completed by March 2020.
In addition to this, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has approved one time fund infusion amounting to Rs 279.88 crore for completion of Haridwar Dehradun project.
Site related issues and constraints have been resolved with the interference of Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation (PRAGATI), Project Monitoring Group (PMG) and various meetings at the highest level in the Ministry.
The Minister of State further informed that till date, works covering a total of 1706 kilometre length of National Highways in the State of Uttarakhand have been awarded since 2014.