The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has put in place a traffic diversion plan on a 1.250-km stretch of the Delhi–Dehradun Economic Corridor to ensure commuter safety during slope stabilisation work, officials said on Friday. The corridor was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month.
NHAI planned the slope stabilisation work on Phase 4 of the Ganeshpur–Dehradun stretch after obtaining required clearances and diverting additional forest land for the project.
Officials said the highway authority aims to finish these safety works, which include scaling hill slopes and removing excess debris, before the monsoon season begins. The traffic diversion will remain in place from May 22 to June 8, while other sections of the highway will remain open for regular traffic, they added.
As per officials, NHAI will deploy flagmen round the clock to manage vehicle movement and guide commuters during the work.
Dehradun-bound vehicles will move from the left carriageway to the right carriageway at km 14+650 for 1.250 km, before shifting back to the left carriageway at km 15+900 near the Daat Kali Tunnel.
Delhi and Saharanpur-bound vehicles will pass through the Daat Kali Tunnel, take the old highway for 1.3 km, and then merge back onto the right carriageway of the economic corridor at km 14+650, officials said.
The Ganeshpur-Dehradun stretch passes through hilly terrain where engineers carried out hill cutting to widen certain sections of the road. Earlier, NHAI had installed stone catchers at vulnerable points along the stretch to reduce the risk of falling rocks on the highway.
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