New Delhi, Jul 17 (UNI) Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday reviewed the Chardham All Weather Road Project and called for expeditious disposal of all pending issues and for completing land acquisition at the earliest.
He emphasised that Chardham All Weather Road Project is of great national importance and should be handled from that perspective by all concerned.
The Chardham Project proposes to connect Yamnotri, Gangotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath which host Chardham Yatra in Uttarakhand. The all-weather Chardham Road has in all 53 projects of 826 km length, involving an investment of Rs 12000 crore.
Reviewing the Chardham Road Project in the State of Uttarakhand via Video Conference, Mr Gadkari
called for expeditious disposal of all pending issues and for completing land acquisition at the earliest.
He requested Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat to personally review issues pending
at the level of State Government especially those related to environment, land acquisition etc and
asked for strict monitoring and cautioned against deliberate delays.
Union Minister for Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Information & Broadcasting, and Heavy
Industries & Public Enterprises Prakash Javadekar, the Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Union Minister of
State for Road Transport & Highways Gen (Retd) V K Singh and the State’s Ministers of Environment & Forest, PWD among others participated in the meeting.
Union Secretaries of Road Transport & Highways, Environment and Forests, DG Roads (MoRTH), DG (BRO) and senior officers of the two Ministries, as well as from State Government, also attended.
On the occasion, Mr Javadekar stressed upon taking up of project implementation by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways based on the recommendations of High Powered Committee.
The Environment Minister further assured to extend all required cooperation from the Ministry for an early completion of Projects.
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