Champawat, May 11 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday inspected the four-lane road leading to the Nepali dry port under construction in the India-Nepal border area at Banbasa.

The Chief Minister inquired about the progress of the project from the officials at the construction site and gave necessary guidelines regarding the quality of construction and compliance with the deadline.

According to a release, "This road to be built from Banbasa to the Nepal border is very important from strategic, business and strategic point of view. Its construction work is being done by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)."

7.28 hectares of land has been duly transferred to NHAI for this project. An initial approval of...