Palampur-Mandi NH to be four-laned now

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has accepted the request of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu for four-laning of the highway between Palampur and Mandi. Earlier, the NHAI had restricted this highway in two lanes keeping in view difficult topography and low volume of traffic.

Disclosing this here today, Gokul Butail, Information and Technology Adviser to Chief Minister, who is holding a Cabinet rank, said the Chief Minister had last week, along with his team, had called on Union Surface and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi recently and requested him that the NHAI should go for four-lane highways in the state keeping in view high volume of traffic during tourist season as the narrow roads had turned into a major traffic hazard.