Five more national highways have been sanctioned for Himachal Pradesh by the Union ministry of road transport and highways.
The highways will also have two by-passes, one tunnel, two interceptors and one modern driving school.
This was decided today, after a meeting of Chief Minister P K Dhumal and Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath in New Delhi yesterday.
“The five national highways approved are Hamirpur-Sujanpur-Palampur 60-km highway, Brahmpukhar-Bilaspur-Sarkaghat 12- km stretch, Bharmaur-Pathankot 133-km, 106-km Taradevi-Nalagarh road and Chandigarh-Baddi-Shalaghat of 84-km length,” said Dhumal.
He said the minister had also agreed to sanction two more proposed national highways, Slapper-Tattapani-Dhali (296-km) and Sainj-Aut-Bagidhar (97-km) in the second phase shortly.
There are currently eleven national highways in the state with a total length of 1,471 km.This has now gone upto sixteen and the length has risen to 1,966 km.
In the near absence of air and rail network, roads are the main mode of transport in the state.
