Shimla: On the second day of the Monson session at the Himachal Pradesh Council, the MLA Congress of Shillai Harshvardhan Singh Chauhan raised the issue of the closing of the National Highway-707 from Paonta to Shillai in the Sirmia District, closed at Dank River near Barwas Village since July 30, causing discomfort to the entire region Shillai constituency.
He said efforts were immediately needed to restore traffic to the stretch.
Increasing this problem by calling the movement of attention under the rules-62, Chauhan said Hilyik Hills had a fragile strata which according to experts would not be disturbed.
He said but because of the widening of the road and four laning projects, the strata had not been disturbed for the past 5-7 years.
He said Jalan Paonta-Shillai witnessed a landslide when the strata fell down which was a matter of worries.
He said abroad, a fixed focus on the construction of tunnels and the temporary bridge in the country’s focus on hill cuts.
He said the Department of Public Works (PWD) must be directed to restore road connectivity because around 150-M Jalan Paonta-Shillai has collapsed in landslides.
In the answer, the chairman of the Minister Jai Ram Thakur said the NH-707 Poanta Sahib-Gumma-Fediz had been taken by the Union Minister of Road Transportation and Highway (Morus) under the ‘Green Highway’ project for upgrades and employment is currently being carried out directly by the Ministry , He said the NH-707 length was around 103 km.
He said nearly 150 million overview of the NH-707 between Hewa and Khuyar Village on July 30 was swept after a large landslide, but fortunately there was no loss of life or property.
He said the district administration together with mortgal officials and mortgal contractors who worked on improving this project visited the site and took action needed to prevent traffic movements on the road.
He said because the landslide and the consequences of road destruction, the connectivity of Paonta Sahib, Rajban, Satun, etc.
with Kamrau Village, Kafota, Shillai etc.
through the NH-707 had been disrupted.
He said mortgal Mort had mobilized the machine on the site to try and create an alternative route by cutting to the side of the hill.
However, there have been delays in restoring traffic through the stretch of NH707 because of continuous rain and intermittent landslides.
Furthermore, Morth has also asked a geologist from the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation to visit the site and immediately suggest temporary and permanent restoration steps.
He said given this situation and the magnitude of landslides, it might take at least 10-15 days for recovery connectivity.
Traffic, meanwhile, has been directed via an alternative route from PaTa Sahib to the Cafildant via Herbert-Vikas Nagardak Pathar – Jakhna with a distance of about 80 km (a long increase of about 40 km) for all types of vehicles.
He said there were also two routes alternating inundated for light vehicle traffic movements from Paonta to Tilordhar through Banour Nagli (48 km long) which will be used as decent traffic for light vehicles on August 3 and other Paonta to Tilordhar through Chitti Pamta (its length 46 km ) Is the traffic worthy of light vehicle movements.
He said the PWD country ensured that this alternative route was maintained and there was a decent traffic for light vehicles.