Uttarakhand’s all-weather road project hamstrung by landslides, blockages
“The stretch along NH-9 remained closed for 350 hours in 55 days in 2022 and 545 hours in 110 days in 2021,” Champawat’s District Disaster Management Officer (DDMO) Manoj Pandey said.
The Pithoragarh portion of the road has been blocked since Tuesday, Pithoragarh DDMO BS Mahar said. The stretch has been blocked many times this monsoon, he added.
“The road could be of an all-weather nature only after the landslide sensitive points are treated and a 167-metre-long bridge at Chalthi gets completed,” Executive Engineer Sunil Kumar, in-charge of this part of the project, said.
