New Delhi (NVI): Gen (Retd) VK Singh will be on a three-day visit to Uttarakhand from tomorrow to review the progress of the Char Dham project and conduct an aerial survey of Narendra Nagar, Chamba, Chinyalisaur, Dharasu, Barkot, Jankichatti, and Uttarkashi areas.
The Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways will be accompanied by Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat. The Minister will review the progress of the Chardham project with project engineers and officials.
Char Dham National Highway (NH) connectivity programme was launched by the Prime Minister in December 2016. It comprises projects of improvement/development of 889 km length of National Highways leading to Yamunotri Dham, Gangotri Dham, Kedarnath Dham, Badrinath Dham and part of a route leading to Kailash Mansarovar yatra.
The projects under Char Dham Programme include widening of existing roads along with adequate/sufficient slope protection by way of erection of retaining walls and breast walls and by deploying drapery system, netting, anchoring, reinforced wall etc.
The projects include mitigation measures/stabilisation of chronic landslide & sinking spots/zones as a stand-alone project or part of road widening projects to avoid landslide and safety of road users. Bioengineering methods like hydroseeding are being used for vegetative growth on fragile slopes for their stability. All these measures shall safeguard the highway and habitation against natural calamity.
