The Supreme Court Tuesday said the 2018 circular of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on width of roads in hilly and mountainous terrains be followed in construction of Chardham highway project, providing all-weather connectivity to four holy towns of Uttarakhand.
The circular says that carriageway width shall be of intermediate lane configurations, that is of 5.5 metre width, with two-lane structures.
The four towns of hilly state of Uttarakhand which would be connected by the ambitious all-weather 900-km highway project are — Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath.
The matter came up for hearing before a bench headed by Justice R F Nariman which told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the authority needs to follow the 2018 guidelines.
