Uttarakhand CM to write to Gadkari highlighting importance of wider Char Dham roads

Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat will soon write to Union minister for road and transport Nitin Gadkari explaining the importance of wider roads in the Char Dham road project from a strategic point of view and better connectivity to border areas, informed officials.

Char Dham highway project, or the all-weather road, aims to connect the four shrines of the state – Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri – through an 826 kilometre-long road.

Darshan Singh Rawat, media coordinator for chief minister Rawat said, “The chief minister will be personally writing to the Centre on the matter of Char Dham road. At present, we have sought documents presented to the Supreme Court last week. The order copy of the apex court will also be studied and then the chief minister will write to the Union minister for road and transport on this matter.”