Shimla, Jan. 9 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday expressed strong displeasure over the slow pace of infrastructure development and access-related works at the Advanced Intensive Maternal and Surgical Super Speciality (AIMSS) Hospital, Chamiyana, and issued strict directions to the State government to ensure compliance within a fixed timeframe.

Hearing a public interest litigation Court on its own motion vs State of Himachal Pradesh and others (CWPIL No. 38 of 2024), a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj noted that despite repeated orders, several critical deficiencies remained unaddressed even after more than a year.

The court pointed out the absence of directional hoardings an...