Japanese experts visit damaged 240-metre stretch of Chandigarh-Shimla national highway

In continuation of NHAI’s efforts to make the permanent structure at the 240-metre stretch of Chandigarh-Shimla national highway (NH-5) near Chakki Mor more robust, a two-member team of Japanese experts from JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) visited the site on Friday. The team that visited included Miyake Masaru, Chief Adviser, Operation and Maintenance of Mountain Highways, and Nishijima Takakshi, Expert Contractor from Disaster Management of Hill Road, and claimed that a report for the site would be submitted in a week.

The work on strengthening the temporary D-way created and the permanent restoration of the swept away 240-metre patch of the four-lane began on Thursday, and the officials stress that the process will take 40 to 50 days for completion.

“We have visited the Chakki Mor site and have collected various details required. After this survey, we will now submit a brief report to the NHAI headquarters in a week. Before submitting the report, we cannot say much but the situation is grim with the traffic management being the priority at the moment. So we plan to bring all the required aspects in the report to be submitted,” Masaru said.

Talking to The Indian Express, NHAI, Project Director, Anil Dahiya said that the highways authority has a collaboration with JICA, and as part of that MoU, the Japanese team visited the site at Chakki Mor to give their expert opinion. “Though they inspected all the critical points on the Parwanoo Solan four lane, they have been especially asked to inspect the Chakki Mor spot as this is one of the most critical points on the four-lane where multiple landslides are happening again and again,” Dahiya added.

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Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner, Solan, Manmohan Sharma, in a press release, said that the NH5 is safe and secure for all the light and heavy vehicles and all the arrangements and safety precautions are being taken by the administration and NHAI so as to avoid any untoward incident.