Foundation stone for 12000crore worth Chardham highway project laid by Modi ji

PM Modi took a ground-breaking decision while addressing the huge crowd of people that had gathered at the Parivartan Rally this Tuesday. PM Modi ignited new hope for the pilgrims to Chardham by inaugurating the grand Chardham 900kms long Highway project in a way to honor the multitude of lives that were washed away at the 2013 Flash floods. While speaking out to the crowd, PM Modi said that through the inauguration of this Highway he intends to bring respite to the Chardham Yatra pilgrimsand also offer a robust source of livelihood to the natives of that region. The 2013 cloudburst had not only caused major disruption in the Chardham route but had also washed away the existing highway. Keeping this scenario in mind, PM Modi decided to compensate for the loss by setting up an Upper Himalayan Swift Highway network in Uttarakhand.

Some of the chief highlights of this ambitious project are as follows-

This new highway construction proposes to correct the geometrical deficiencies of the existing 900km highway and broaden it so that pilgrims can travel without hassle and risk. This highway is intended to connect all the four Dham and the required cost estimation for this project stands at Rs 12, 000 crore

The total cost of project is likely to include various items such as civil construction, utility shifting, forest clearance and land acquisition. At present work roughly worth 3000 crores has already been started under the route project pertaining to Chardham Yatra The initial work started off in the month of March as part of the project named, ‘All Weather Roads’ launched by Gadkari. This project proposes to construct well laid out, pothole proof roads made out of cement. These roads are supposed to be pothole free for almost 200 years post their year of construction. The roads are likely to feature 25 huge bridges, 13 by-passes, 2 tunnels, 18 service centres for passengers, 13 landslide zone alignments

To heighten road safety for the Chardham pilgrims the ministry strategizes to set up a 2-lane carriageway that could pinpoint the high risk landslide belts, build tunnels, by-passes, raised corridors, lengthy bridges, and an all-weather-friendly road According to Modi Ji the roads connecting Badrinath and Gangotri too should be given special importance because of their association with the defense establishments