Shimla, July 5 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday said that an engineers' committee would be constituted in state to assess the quality of work being done by the contractor companies of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). The committee will also hold consultations. CM Sukhu also criticised the contractors hired by the NHAI accusing them for unscientific road cutting practices and called for a review. "For 60 to 70 years, we've been building roads in Himachal using traditional knowledge. Large companies were often awarded contracts based solely on their machinery, but they lack understanding of the fragile hill terrain of the state. As a result they conduct hill-cutting as per their convenience, which causes damage," Sukhu said on Friday. "I request NHAI not to award such contracts to those who don't know the terrain. Give contracts to locals who understand how to stabilise the slopes after cutting. This unscientific cutting is causing large-scale damage," he further added. htc...