Thakur meets Gadkari for funds

Tribune News Service

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NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 6

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today met Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and urged for an early approval for works worth Rs 487 crore under the Central Road Fund submitted to the ministry.

Thakur stressed the connectivity through ropeways for men and material to cover rural population which would also help in boosting tourism. He also stressed on exploring the possibility for having the seaplane connectivity to major water bodies as airstrips were small for large aircraft.

He also requested the ministry to grant approval for construction of the 43-km-long Hathithan-Manikaran-Pulga road at an estimated cost of Rs 430 crore, the 138-km-long Rohru-Jangla-Sungri-Taklech-Sarahan-Jeori road at Rs 1,380 crore and the 50-km Chandigarh-Karoran-Tanda- Prempura-Paploha-Shilukhurd-Jamgesh-Kasauli-Dharampur road at Rs 500 crore.

He urged the Union minister for allocation of adequate funds for periodical renewal of national highways for 2017-18 and added that the allocation of Rs 24 crore had been made this year for road length of 266.465 km against the request of Rs 102.03 crore.

He batted for early approval of Rs 1,200 crore for undertaking phase 2 working programme for 2017-18 for national highways in the state which included road safety works on NH 305, tunnel at the Jalori Pass and Hamirpur-Mandi road. He said the government had sent a complete case for final notification as national highways for 41.50 km Ghumarwin-Sarkaghat road and 39.20 km Ranital-Kotla roads.