Final stretch of Char Dham near China border to be 10m wide: Gadkari
5 months ago

Final stretch of Char Dham near China border to be 10m wide: Gadkari

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The last 150 km-long stretch of Char Dham road, which will pass through the Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone, will have to adhere to a minimum width of 10m, Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday. Union road and transport minister Nitin Gadkari Considering the strategic nature of the stretch, since it connects with the India-China border, the road needs to be wide enough to move defence equipment, the minister said. Gadkari was responding to a question raised by Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan, who had asked if the last stretch, which is yet to be constructed in the Bhagirathi Eco-sensitive Zone, will have a width of 10 to 12m like the rest of the Char Dham route. The issue is that this is a strategic point that is going up to the China border…The road should be wide enough to move defence equipment because of the China border, so 10m minimum is required.” On compensating for loss of trees, Gadkari said that the government has already planted millions of trees against loss of trees, and 78,000 trees have been transplanted.

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Disaster-prone areas on Char Dham route to be surveyed: Govt
1 year, 5 months ago

Disaster-prone areas on Char Dham route to be surveyed: Govt

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand government plans to conduct a multi-disciplinary survey of disaster-prone areas on the Char Dham route to avoid Gaurikund-like incidents, a senior official said. “A multidisciplinary survey, involving dimensions such as geology, road safety, and risk assessment, will be carried out with regard to disaster vulnerability on the Char Dham route. A senior official of the disaster management department …

Unchecked pilgrimage, construction in Uttarakhand spell disaster for fragile Himalayas, warn experts
1 year, 7 months ago

Unchecked pilgrimage, construction in Uttarakhand spell disaster for fragile Himalayas, warn experts

The Hindu  

Crumbling mountainsides, sinking towns and untrammelled construction. “The increasing influx of thousands of pilgrims per day to Badrinath and other pilgrimage sites, along with a surge in the number of vehicles and heedless construction projects in the vicinity, is posing a significant threat to the ecological and biological diversity of the region,” Mr. Sati told PTI. “Many higher altitude areas …

Char Dham project has raised Uttarakhand’s vulnerability: Former HPC chairman
2 years, 10 months ago

Char Dham project has raised Uttarakhand’s vulnerability: Former HPC chairman

Hindustan Times  

Ravi Chopra, chairman of an expert panel set up by the Supreme Court to oversee the widening of roads under the Char Dham Pariyojana in Uttarakhand, has resigned. Edited excerpts: Char Dham project has raised Uttarakhand’s vulnerability: Former HPC chairman Did MoRTH implement any of your recommendations as chairman of the high powered committee on the char dham road project? …

SC allows Centre to widen Char Dham roads in view of security concerns at Indo-China border
3 years ago

SC allows Centre to widen Char Dham roads in view of security concerns at Indo-China border

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Centre to construct all-weather roads with 10-metre tarred surfaces, as opposed to the 5.5-metre-wide road ordered earlier, as a part of the Char Dham project. The three strategic roads sought to be expanded form a part of the 889-km Char Dham road expansion project to link the Hindu pilgrimage sites of Badrinath, Kedarnath, …

The road to a Himalayan blunder
3 years, 1 month ago

The road to a Himalayan blunder

The Hindu  

The Char Dham road project, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016, is an ambitious attempt to widen nearly 900 kilometres of hill roads at the cost of ₹12,000 crore. The new circular read: “For roads in hilly and mountainous terrain which act as feeder roads to the Indo-China border or are of strategic importance for national security, the …

Centre justifies Char Dham highway widening in SC
3 years, 1 month ago

Centre justifies Char Dham highway widening in SC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday cited the width of defence equipment that will be required to be moved to the Line of Actual Control border with China to justify the widening of the nearly 900-km Char Dham highway through the fragile Himalayan ranges, as the Supreme Court reserved its verdict on a challenge to the decision to widen the …

Char-Dham Project Has Strategic Importance Of National Security To Avoid Consequences Akin To 1962 Indo-China War: AG Tells Supreme Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Char-Dham Project Has Strategic Importance Of National Security To Avoid Consequences Akin To 1962 Indo-China War: AG Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

"In October, China passed a law and in the circumstances, we are quite concerned about the whole matter", AG K. K. Venugopal told the Supreme Court on Tuesday, emphasising that the Char-Dham Highway expansion project now assumed strategic importance for national security, to avoid consequences akin to the 1962 Indo-China war. The 5.5 m maximum width limit for roads in …

Char Dham Road begins extracting ecological costs: 25 landslides this season
3 years, 4 months ago

Char Dham Road begins extracting ecological costs: 25 landslides this season

Hindustan Times  

The all-weather Char Dham road in Uttarakhand has witnessed 25 major landslides this rainy season, forcing the administration to close two stretches of roads in Tehri Garwhal for indefinite periods and indicating that “unscientific” road construction was causing huge damage to the fragile local ecology. But in five years of Char Dham road construction, there have been at least 200 …

No Link Between Uttarakhand Floods, Highway Construction for Char Dham Project: Govt
3 years, 9 months ago

No Link Between Uttarakhand Floods, Highway Construction for Char Dham Project: Govt

News 18  

Construction and widening of roads for the Char Dham project did not contribute to the Uttarakhand floods disaster, Parliament was informed on Monday. The strategic 900-km Char Dham highway project aims to provide all-weather connectivity to four holy towns — Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath — in Uttarakhand. “As per reports received from Government of Uttarakhand, Geological Survey of India …

No Link Between Char Dham Highway Project & Uttarakhand Disaster, Centre Tells Supreme Court
3 years, 10 months ago

No Link Between Char Dham Highway Project & Uttarakhand Disaster, Centre Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

In December last year, the court had asked the HPC to consider the applications filed before the Court by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, against reducing the road width. The ministries had sought permission for the widening of the road in border areas and the completion of the Char Dham road project with …

No link between Char Dham road-widening project in Uttarakhand and flash floods, govt. says in SC
3 years, 10 months ago

No link between Char Dham road-widening project in Uttarakhand and flash floods, govt. says in SC

The Hindu  

The government on Wednesday denied in the Supreme Court any link between the Char Dham road-widening project in Uttarakhand and the recent flash floods in the Rishi Ganga valley, which claimed many lives and damaged the Tapovan hydro project. The 899-km-long Char Dham highway project connects four shrines of Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath in Garhwal Himalayas The project is …

Govt asks SC to accept panel’s majority view on wider road for Char Dham highway project
3 years, 11 months ago

Govt asks SC to accept panel’s majority view on wider road for Char Dham highway project

Hindustan Times  

The ministry of road transport and highways has urged the Supreme Court to accept the majority view of the high-powered committee, which has favoured a 10-metre road width for the Rs.12,000-crore Char Dham highway project. The top court had in September 2020 ordered that the road width on the entire Char Dham route cannot be more than 5.5 m in …

Char Dham Road Project: Supreme Court Directs High Powered Committee To Consider Applications Against Reduction Of Width
4 years, 1 month ago

Char Dham Road Project: Supreme Court Directs High Powered Committee To Consider Applications Against Reduction Of Width

Live Law  

In Char Dham road project matter, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the High Powered Committee set-up by it to consider the applications filed before the Court by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, against reducing the road width, in two weeks. The ministries had sought permission for the widening of the road in …

SC Orders To Keep Width Of Char Dham Highway At 5.5 Meters As Per 2018 MoRTH Circular [Read Order]
4 years, 4 months ago

SC Orders To Keep Width Of Char Dham Highway At 5.5 Meters As Per 2018 MoRTH Circular [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that the width of hilly and mountainous terrains for the Char Dham Highway project to be constructed in accordance with the 2018circular of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. A 3-judge bench comprising of Justices RF Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee took into consideration the current situation with regard to the eco …

'There Appear to be Violations of Forest Rules in Flagship Char Dham Road Project': SC Panel Chief
4 years, 4 months ago

'There Appear to be Violations of Forest Rules in Flagship Char Dham Road Project': SC Panel Chief

News 18  

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi-led government’s flagship Char Dham all-weather road project that seeks to widen road connectivity in Uttarakhand has come under spotlight once again. Further, HPC chairman Ravi Chopra also wrote a letter to the Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change detailing alleged lapses in compliance of forest rules and wildlife laws. The HPC chairman Ravi …

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