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Parwanoo-Shimla four-laning project set to take off soon

SHIMLA: Decks have been cleared for commencement of work on the first phase of Rs 2518 crore Parwanoo - Shimla four-laning project with the award of work from Parwanoo to Solan for Rs 748 crores to G R Infra Limited.



Bhanu P Lohumi

Tribune News Service

Shimla, August 23

Decks have been cleared for commencement of work on the first phase of Rs 2518 crore Parwanoo - Shimla four-laning project with the award of work from Parwanoo to Solan for Rs 748 crores to G R Infra Limited. The work on the project is likely to begin from September as the condition to make 80 per cent of land available has been fulfilled.

Forest clearance of 37 hectares of land and time limit of 30 months has been set for completion of the project from the date of actual commencement of work, said Project National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), Satish Kaul.

Efforts are afoot to settle arbitration cases in respect of 20 hectare of land acquired from private persons. The NHAI has expressed willingness to pay the entire award money when the arbitration cases are settled.

Under the project, one 825 metre one-way tunnel would be constructed near Barog Bypass, besides two railway over bridges at Sanawar and Barog Bypass and a flyover at Kumarhatti, reducing the distance by three km.

Besides, realignment of about seven km of road would reduce the length of the road to 39 km from the present 42 km. About 21-km long service roads will also be constructed at Dharampur and Solan while a toll barrier would be erected at Sanawar, he said.

Forest clearances have been accorded for 28 hectares of forest land in the second phase of the project from Solan to Kaithali Ghat (23 km) while arbitration proceedings are underway in respect of 26 hectares land acquired for the project.

The second phase to be executed at an estimated cost of Rs 570 crores envisages construction of 460 m long tunnel at Kandaghat and two railway over bridges at Kandaghat and Chambaghat.

The alignment for 27-km-long highway in the third phase from Kaithali Ghat to Dhalli would be totally new and will not touch the existing highway at any point. Link roads would be provided for the convenience of people to move to the old highway. A salient feature of the third phase of the project costing Rs 1200 crore would be construction of three tunnels near Anandpur, Shogi and at Dhalli with total length of about 2-km and an ultra modern single span 600 m long bridge at Malyana which would not only shorten the distance considerably but also save thousands of trees from being axed. Clearance of 40.3 hectares of forest land has been sought under this phase of the project. The total length of the Parwanoo- Shimla four-lane highway would be 89 km while the estimated cost would be Rs 2518 crores.

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