Four-laning of Pinjore-Baddi Highway to see light of day
Four-laning of the 36-km-long Pinjore-Baddi Highway announced by the Central Government in 2014 is likely to see the light of the day as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will float tenders for the project soon.
The cost of the project has now increased from Rs510 crore to Rs731.67 crore and it will be completed in two and a half years. The project is likely to start in the month of August and the new road will give respite from traffic woes to lakhs of people of Himachal Pradesh as well as Haryana who visit the industrial town of Baddi.
This information was disclosed by Suresh Kumar Sharma, project director of the Shimla unit of the NHAI, to a RTI filed by advocate Vijay Bansal, president of the Shivalik Vikas Manch. He said the tender process had been started by the main office of the NHAI in New Delhi and the project was proposed to be completed in 30 months.
