The Public Works Department is geared up to construct a 72-km-long bypass from Kafnu in Kinnaur district to Mud village in Lahaul and Spiti. When completed, the bypass will reduce the travel distance between Shimla and Kaza by 105 km. At present, the travel distance between Shimla and Kaza by road is 460 km via Sumdo, close to the China border in Lahaul and Spiti.
Tashi Gyamcho, XEN, PWD at Kaza, told The Tribune, “The decks have been cleared for the construction of the Kafnu-Mud bypass road project.”
“The state government has approved Rs 9 crore to deposit the net present value of forestland to the Forest Department to acquire land for the road project. As much as Rs 8 crore had been received by the PWD earlier.
