HC directs HPRIDC to monitor progress of road work

The Himachal Pradesh High Court today issued notice to HPRIDC in a matter related to the construction of the Theog-Hatkoti road in Shimla district and directed it to monitor the progress of the project.
The court also directed the committee constituted by Himachal Pradesh Roads and Other Infrastructure Development Corporation (HPRIDC) to submit a compliance report every two weeks.
It further directed the contractor to do the needful and make all possible efforts to take the contract to its logical end and cautioned that any deviation shall be viewed seriously.
The orders were passed by a Division Bench of Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan on a public interest litigation on the delay in the project.

During the hearing, Devinder Chauhan Jaita, the lawyer for the petitioner, told the court that work needs to be carried out immediately at certain points.
The court directed the contractor to do the needful.
Louis Berger Group, the consultant to the project, told the court that World Bank funding for the project was extended up to June 30, 2017.