HC directs NHAI to speed up work on Zirakpur,Parwanoo stretch

It was also submitted that against the scheduled 43 per cent,45 per cent of construction on the Zirakpur-Pinjore stretch is complete.

Progress on the Pinjore-Parwanoo stretch is,however,slow at 13 per cent as compared to the scheduled 35 per cent.

Meanwhile,the Murthal flyover was completed on September 3 and the Ghanaur flyover was functional from November 10.

The status reports were filed by Anil Kumar Dahiya,project director,project implementation unit,NHAI.

Senior advocate M L Sarin,counsel for petitioner Harish Kumar Puri who had filed the PIL demanding speedy construction of flyovers on national highways,highlighted the problems of bottlenecks faced by commuters on the Delhi-Chandigarh stretch.

Sarin said commuters get stuck in traffic jams for hours when they leave from Delhi,the subsequent route to Chandigarh,however,is smooth.