The Gadoli – Premnagar Bypass is
an ecological disaster. Constructed precariously in the Gadoli Fee
Simple Estate and snaking through the pine forest areas of this Estate the
monsoon in 2013 exposed the incompetence of the PWD Engineers in planning and
constructing such a road in the fragile central Himalayas. Unable to withstand
the normal monsoon deluge that occurs here annually, the bypass has fallen in
three places leaving a wake of destruction in it’s path.
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| Mud Slide caused by the falling of the Gadoli - Premnagar Bypass |
Not only has the road
proved to be a hazard by leading to mudslides in the area, destroying forests and
property worth crores of rupees it is also a danger to people’s lives.
While often touted as an engineering marvel by it’s PWD engineers the culverts
on this road are so badly constructed that they fail to act as drainage for the
torrential monsoon water leading to mudslides and even the collapsing of the
Bypass as it is washed away.
Is construction of this Bypass which violates
the Forest and Environmental Laws of the country with its spiraling costs for maintenance justified?
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| The ill - conceived Gadoli - Premnagar Bypass |
Interestingly the length of this bypass is actually longer than the existing Bubakhal - Pauri - Srinagar road whose very length it is supposed to shorten.... looks like a real long short-cut......now isn't that food for thought....!!!!
