Widening of Shimla-Mataur highway will be completed in 2 years: Jai Ram

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday said widening of the 223.7-km Shimla-Mataur national highway (NH-88) will be completed within two years.

He was responding to a question raised by Nadaun MLA Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. “The centre has given in principal approval to the project. The project will cost ₹1,323 crore. The work has been divided into six packages and the detailed project report of four packages is underway,” the CM said.

On expansion of the railway network in the state, industry minister Bikram Singh, while responding to Kasumpti MLA Anirudh Singh, said, “The state is working in coordination with the Centre to expand the railway network.”