Gadkari inaugurates 15 national highway projects worth Rs 4,000 crore in Himachal

New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone 15 national highway projects and 1 ropeway project at cost of Rs 4,000 crore in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. BJP National President and Member of Parliament Jagat Prakash Nadda and Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur, Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department Minister Vikramaditya Singh and MLAs and officials were also present on the occasion.

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The projects inaugurated today include construction of Theog bypass on Devrighat-Premghat, construction of 196 m long bridge on Kalruhi section and construction of 225 m long Dhaliyara bridge on National Highway 503 in Kangra district. The projects that were laid today includs road construction projects, the construction of 8 km long 4-lane missing link and cable stay bridge on National Highway 503A till Birhu-Lathiani, 2 km long bridge from Mohal in Kullu to the famous Bijli Mahadev Temple at a cost of Rs 272 crore.

Construction of ropeway, slope protection works of 4 km length to prevent landslides on Parwanoo-Solan section of National Highway 22, construction of 500 m long artificial tunnel on National Highway 5, construction of 410 m long 2-lane RUB on National Highway 503. Four projects are underway through construction and CRIF.

With the construction of these projects, the distance from Hamirpur to Mandi will be reduced by 15 km and the connectivity of areas like Tauni Devi, Awahdevi, Sarkaghat, Dharampur etc. will improve. With Darlaghat Cement Factory and AIIMS Bilaspur getting 4-lane connectivity, the connectivity of logistics and health services of this area will be improved. The cable stayed bridge on Govind Sagar Lake will reduce the current distance from Birhu to Lathiani, Hamirpur to Una by 21 km. With the construction of the ropeway, the journey to the pilgrimage site Bijli Mahadev will reduce from the present 2 hours 30 minutes to about 7 minutes and all-weather connectivity will be provided to 36,000 pilgrims every day.

The work of slope protection and tunnel construction will solve the problem of landslides and travel will be safe and easy. Construction of various highway projects will ease the difficult journey on hilly roads.

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