{"id":9645,"date":"2026-10-03T08:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/?p=9645"},"modified":"2026-10-03T08:43:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:43:57","slug":"funds-approved-for-treatment-betterment-of-roads-in-pithoragarh-champawat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/03\/funds-approved-for-treatment-betterment-of-roads-in-pithoragarh-champawat\/","title":{"rendered":"Funds approved for treatment betterment of roads in Pithoragarh, Champawat\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Funds approved for treatment betterment of roads in Pithoragarh, Champawat<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>B.D. Kasniyal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Pithoragarh, Oct 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u00a0Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Ajay Tamta today announced several projects and funds for the repair, strengthening and upgradation of NH-9 from Tanakpur to Pithoragarh, aimed at ensuring smoother and year-round connectivity along the strategically important Chardham route.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The highway has witnessed repeated disruptions during the monsoon this year due to landslides at several locations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u201cWe have approved Rs 33 crore for slope treatment at Ghat Bend, which was severely affected by landslides during the monsoon,\u201d the minister said while reviewing the condition of roads and highways in this border region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Tamta said the government had also approved <strong>Rs 25 crore for strengthening the road at Kot Amori in Champawat district<\/strong> and <strong>Rs 33.15 crore for slope treatment at Delhi Bend in the Pithoragarh section<\/strong>, another sensitive location that witnessed landslides during the monsoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Describing NH-9 as a vital border road and the lifeline of Pithoragarh and Champawat districts, Tamta said <strong>Rs 100 crore had been approved for construction of a proposed bypass in the Champawat section<\/strong>. He added that his ministry had directed officials to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for a <strong>Lohaghat bypass<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u201cWe have also identified six landslide-prone stretches on the Pithoragarh-Yawaghat road and approved Rs 422 crore for their treatment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The minister further announced that the <strong>Jaujlibi-Bangapani stretch of the Pithoragarh-Yawaghat highway would soon be upgraded to a two-lane road<\/strong>, with <strong>Rs 587 crore<\/strong> having been sanctioned for the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur government, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is committed to providing smooth and reliable transportation facilities to people living in remote border areas such as this part of Uttarakhand,\u201d Tamta said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funds approved for treatment betterment of roads in Pithoragarh, Champawat B.D. Kasniyal Pithoragarh, Oct 3 \u00a0Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Ajay Tamta today announced several projects and funds for the repair, strengthening and upgradation of NH-9 from Tanakpur to Pithoragarh, aimed at ensuring smoother and year-round connectivity along the strategically important &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,92,33,1284,91,59],"tags":[4336,2818],"class_list":["post-9645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-featured","category-international","category-international-political-national","category-national","category-uttarakhand","tag-pithoragarh-tanakpur-nh-9","tag-union-minister-of-state-for-road-transport-and-highways-ajay-tamta"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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