Expedite Chamba NH work, MP tells officials

Kangra Lok Sabha MP Kishan Kapoor has directed the Superintending Engineer of the National Highways Authority of India to complete the construction works of the road from Baloo to Bagga Dam — which is a part of the Chakki (Pathankot)-Banikhet-Chamba-Bharmour National Highway 154-A — in the district before December.

The MP also directed the Superintending Engineer to complete the departmental process for the construction of a bypass in Banikhet at the earliest.

While presiding over a meeting of District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee here on Friday, Kapoor said under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the construction works of 273 roads out of a total of 365 approved roads in the district at a cost of Rs 1,017 crore had so far been completed.