Himachal officials apprise Gadkari of NH projects in State

Principal Secretary, Public Works Department, of Himachal, Jagdish Sharma and Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Sanjay Kundu on Monday called on Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and apprised him about the progress of various National Highway (NH) projects in the state at New Delhi.

Sharma apprised the Minister about the status of Shimla bypass, Solan -Parwanoo and various other NH projects in the State and requested the Ministry and NHAI to take steps to speed up the pace of these NH projects.

The Union Minister gave directions to the officers of the Ministry to take necessary steps for making the Shimla bypass four lane highway. He advised the State Government to provide speedy solutions to prevent delays and directed the State Government to complete all actions pending on its behalf like land acquisition, completing procedures regarding building structures.