Residents of Uttarkashi have flagged concerns with the BRO’s forest clearance application submitted to the Centre, for the widening of the Char Dham road.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday carried out the ‘first blast’ for the Shinku La tunnel in Ladakh, aimed at providing all-weather connectivity from Manali to Leh via the Nimmu-Padam-Darcha axis.
The stretch has sharp turns and the width needs to be increased near Karcham, which houses a1500-MW power project. Chitkul, the highest village in the Baspa Valley at 11,319 feet, is now a tourist destination.
BRO has restored the strategically important Gramphu-Kaza-Sumdo road connecting Sumdo to Manali. The 211-km road stretch meanders through the high mountain passes.