NHAI asks admn to axe dangerous trees on highway

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) today asked the local authorities to remove all dangerous and hanging trees on the Mandi-Pathankot highway between Maranda and Baijnath as these posed threat to motorists.

Vikas Surjewala, Project Director, NHAI, in a letter written to SDM Palampur, said that most of such trees were old and had outlived their life. They needed immediate removal. He said accidents had taken place in the past due to these trees. They pose a threat as they could come down at any time in inclement weather.