The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed construction of all-weather 10-meter wide road under the Char Dham Road Project in Uttarakhand in view of its strategic importance for armed forces and the recent developments on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.
A Bench ld by Justice D Y Chandrachud — which had on November 11 reserved its verdict on the issue — said it has struck a delicate balance between requirement of widening strategic roads crucial to national security and deep-rooted sustainable development principle crucial to environment.
