Construction of 291 km out of 825 km complete in Char Dham project

14 Dec 2022 CW Team

The 291 km length of Char Dham all weather road project is complete and an additional 366 km road is under is in different stages of progress.

Char Dham road project was launched to provide all-weather connectivity to four major Hindu shrines of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri located in the upper Himalayas of Uttarakhand.

Out of 53 packages covering a total length of 825 km of Char Dham road project in Uttarakhand, 43 packages with a total length of 683 km have been sanctioned.

Out of these, 21 packages covering a length of 291 km are complete, two packages are yet to be awarded, one package was de-sanctioned and balance 19 packages covering a length of 366 km are in different stages of progress.

This information was given by the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

Litigations related to forest and environment clearance in various Courts of Law is mentioned as the main reason for the project’s completion which was originally scheduled for completion by March 2022.

Chardham Road Project is being monitored by a High Powered Committee (HPC) for non-strategic roads (Rudrarprayag – Gaurikund and Dharasu Bend – Jankichatti) and an oversight Committee for strategic roads (Rishikesh – Mana, Rishikesh – Gangotri and Tanakpur – Pithoragarh) constituted as per the direction of the Supreme Court.

The sanction and completion of the balance part of the project depends on finalisation of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) and execution of the works as per the directions of the above Committees.

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