Rushed green nod, poor planning in focus as rains wash away hill roads

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As rains wreak havoc in several parts of north India, dozens of national highways and bridges in the country’s hilly states have been either partly or completely washed away. Himachal Pradesh has been the worst hit. There even newly constructed national highways were washed away in a few minutes by the Beas river, which is flowing above the danger mark.

“Due to an unprecedented increase in water levels because of floods and opening of all gates of the Pandoh dam, the Beas river has overtopped the national highway at Dwada between Pandoh and Takoli and a landslide has also occurred near