Driving a nightmare on Parwanoo-Solan NH

Tribune News Service

Solan, May 22

Traffic jams have become the order of the day on the Parwanoo- Solan where excavation of the hill for four-laning the highway was underway near Jabli and Datiyar. 

Since the work was at an advanced stage, GR Infraprojects, which is executing the work, had little option, but to stop the traffic at regular intervals to prevent any untoward incident. This often led to vehicles queuing up for km together on both sides of the highway. 

With little option to divert the traffic as the alternate roads were in a dilapidated condition and narrow, the authorities were helpless as they tried to station more policemen to ensure smooth movement of the traffic.

There was little likelihood of the situation improving in the coming days as four-laning work was already behind schedule and more time had been sought till March 2020 to complete the work.

Though the PWD authorities had begun the task to complete the repair work on three alternate roads which could help ease traffic congestion it would take several weeks to complete the work. It was the laxity of the PWD officials in failing to complete this work that traffic could not be diverted and the highway was facing the brunt of traffic jams on a daily basis. 

Additional SP Solan Shiv Kumar Sharma said they had pressed into service more men to ensure smooth movement of traffic.