Char Dham project: SC appoints ex-judge Justice Sikri as chairperson of High Powered Committee
2 years, 9 months ago

Char Dham project: SC appoints ex-judge Justice Sikri as chairperson of High Powered Committee

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The HPC would consider the cumulative and independent impact of the Char Dham project on the entire Himalayan valley New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday appointed its former judge Justice AK Sikri as Chairperson of the court-appointed High Powered Committee to look after the environmental concerns and other issues related to the Char Dham highway project. Attorney General KK Venugopal, appearing for the Centre, told the bench that since Justice Sikri has already been appointed by this court as chairperson of the oversight committee to look after environmental concerns and other issues related to the Char Dham project, it would be better if he is appointed as Chairperson. The bench agreed to the suggestion and appointed Justice Sikri to head HPC which would consider the cumulative and independent impact of the Char Dham project on the entire Himalayan valley. The Central government had told the top court to accept the majority view of the HPC, which favoured a 10-metre road width for the Rs 12,000-crore Char Dham highway project.

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Parliamentary proceedings | Char Dham project did not need environment assessment: Centre to Parliament
1 year ago

Parliamentary proceedings | Char Dham project did not need environment assessment: Centre to Parliament

The Hindu  

The Char Dham project in Uttarakhand, under which Silkyara tunnel, is being developed did not require an Environment Impact Assessment, the Union government told Parliament on December 6. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change through its notification dated August 22, 2013, requires expansion of National Highways greater than 100 km involving additional right of way or land acquisition …

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? …

Explained | Why has the Supreme Court allowed the Union Government to widen all three main Char Dham roads?
3 years ago

Explained | Why has the Supreme Court allowed the Union Government to widen all three main Char Dham roads?

The Hindu  

The story so far : On December 14, modifying its previous order, the Supreme Court upheld the Government’s mandate to widen three Himalayan highways — Rishikesh to Mana, Rishikesh to Gangotri and Tanakpur to Pithoragarh — as part of the Char Dham Pariyojna of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, in the interest of national security. However, the Supreme …

Explained: The Char Dham Project, Its Ecological Impact & the SC Judgment
3 years ago

Explained: The Char Dham Project, Its Ecological Impact & the SC Judgment

The Quint  

What Were the Objections? A High-Powered Committee was set up the Supreme Court to consider the cumulative and independent impact of the Chardham project on the Himalayan valleys. Supreme Court Rules in Favour of 5.5 KM Road Length The Supreme Court in September 2020 upheld the recommendation of the minority, ruling that the carriageway width should be limited 5.5 m …

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, …

Char Dham Highway Project : Supreme Court Allows Defence Ministry's Plea To Allow Double Lane Widening
3 years ago

Char Dham Highway Project : Supreme Court Allows Defence Ministry's Plea To Allow Double Lane Widening

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed an application filed by the Ministry of Defence for the double-lane widening of roads that are part of the 899-km Char Dham project in Uttarakhand.A bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Vikram Nath pronounced orders in the application filed by the Ministry of Defence seeking modification of the order dated …

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 …

SC allows Centre to file response to letter linking Chardham project to Uttarakhand disaster
3 years, 10 months ago

SC allows Centre to file response to letter linking Chardham project to Uttarakhand disaster

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Centre to respond to the “allegations” of the Chairman of committee on Chardham project linking broadening of the road to the recent flash floods on Dhauliganga river, which damaged Tapovan hydro project in Uttarakahnd. Venugopal said that the high powered committee chairperson Ravi Chopra has on his own written a letter to the …

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 …

Char Dham Road Project: Supreme Court Directs To List The Petitions In Last Week Of January
3 years, 11 months ago

Char Dham Road Project: Supreme Court Directs To List The Petitions In Last Week Of January

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday listed the Char Dham Yatra road project for hearing on a Non-Miscellaneous Day in the last week of January, the interim order to keep the road width at 5.5m continuing in the meantime. In December last year, the bench of Justice Rohinton Nariman had asked the High Powered Committee, set-up by it, to consider the …

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 …

Adhere to Ministry circular on roads in Char Dham: SC to Centre
4 years, 3 months ago

Adhere to Ministry circular on roads in Char Dham: SC to Centre

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Centre to adhere to a Union Road Ministry circular of March 2018, which had advised against building full-fledged roads cutting across the fragile Himalayan slopes, while implementing the ₹12,000-crore ambitious Char Dham project for better connectivity to pilgrimage centres in Uttarakhand. A Bench led by Justice Rohinton Nariman also directed the government to …

Halt Char Dham project, environmentalists petition Modi
4 years, 3 months ago

Halt Char Dham project, environmentalists petition Modi

The Hindu  

A group of 40 scientists, environmentalists and ecologists have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a halt to the Chardham road construction work and that the recommendation of environmentalist Ravi Chopra, who heads a Supreme Court-appointed committee to advise on the sustainable execution of the project, be heeded. Chardham project: Supreme Court panel split on width of access roads …

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