The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to carry out four-laning of the Parwanoo-Shimla section of the NH-22 under a single project, instead of two separate projects as planned earlier. As per the decision, the Rs 808 crore project for the Parwanoo-Solan section and Rs 1,800 crore project for the Solan-Shimla section had been combined into a single project which would cost Rs 1,786 crore.
The decision was taken after work on the four-laning of Parwanoo-Solan was delayed due to redesigning of the project to change the alignment of some portions to avoid large-scale demolition of commercial and residential structures along the road.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/parwanoo-shimla-stretch-four-laning-under-one-project
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/tribune-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himachal-pradesh
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shimla-t
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-highways-authority-india-nhai
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/roads
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/highways
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/habitat-and-urbanisation