Work on bridge connecting trans-ghaggar stuck as HSVP waits for green signal to clear forest area

With just three months left till the deadline set for the construction of a bridge connecting trans-ghaggar sectors to Sector 20/21, the Punjab State Forest Development Corporation (PSFDC) is yet to give the clearance to cut down 1,100 trees spread over a 700-metre forest land and hand over a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) to start the construction work on the Panchkula side.

The construction of the bridge was started on February 11 and is scheduled to be completed by August 31. The project, worth Rs 50.37 crore, was allocated to PS Infrabuild Private Limited to construct a single-lane 360-metre long and 10.5-metre wide high level bridge over ghaggar river with an approximately 1 km road exntending to NH 73 Panchkula – Yamunagar expressway.