Said… It is the government’s responsibility to protect the interests of the local people, also heard the problems of the people related to the four lane
Public Works and Urban Development Minister Vikramaditya Singh today inspected the Bhad-Ranghav tunnel under construction under Kotgaya Panchayat in Shimla Rural Assembly constituency.
On this occasion, he said that the National Highways Authority has started the work of four lane from Kaithlighat-Shoghi-Chamiyana-Dhali adjoining Shimla in two phases, the construction work of which is in progress. He said that two tunnels are also being constructed in the four lane from Kaithlighat to Dhali. He clearly told the project officials that the interests of the local villagers are paramount, so keeping in mind all the safety standards, the work of four lane should be completed within the stipulated time period. He said that during the construction of the four-lane, all the roads of the villages Bhad, Nai, Chadau, Chadoli, Kothgaya, Yaan, Ranghav, Damechi, Pujarli, Dagah, Qualag, Majhar, Chalaunti and Chamiyana area of this region which have been damaged and natural drinking water sources have been damaged or electricity poles have been damaged will be repaired as soon as possible. He said that it is also the responsibility of the government to protect the interests of the villagers affected by the four-lane construction, to provide compensation for the damage caused to the fields and houses, for which he issued necessary guidelines to the project officers so that people do not face any kind of difficulty.
He said that it is necessary for the SP Singla Private Construction Company engaged in the four-lane construction work to coordinate with the concerned departments and carry out the four-lane construction work with the cooperation of Panchayat representatives and local people so that the construction work till Dhali can be completed within the time period.
Vikramaditya Singh said that the area from Shimla to Rampur-Kinnaur is also very sensitive and important from the security point of view. Therefore, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, will be requested to extend the four-lane from Dhali to Rampur Bushahr. He said that in this area too, a work plan will be made to take the road through mostly tunnels.
He said that we are confident that these efforts being made by the government will have a positive outcome, which will directly provide better road facilities to the local people.
He also directed to give compensation for the reconstruction of the damaged house of Kewal Ram of Kyarnala village
He also directed the project officials to give compensation for the reconstruction of the damaged house of Kewal Ram of Kyarnala village.
These people were also present
On this occasion, Project Director National Highway Anand Saiya, Technical Managers Achal Jindal and Sumit Bansal, Contractors Mahendra Garg and Sanjay Pandey, Team Leader Deepak Gupta, Resident Engineer Sridhar, Executive Engineer Public Works Department Rajesh Agarwal, Gopal Sharma from Block Congress, Pradhans of various Panchayats and other Panchayat representatives, officials of various departments and a large number of local villagers were present.
