New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- Earth scientists from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee have raised a red flag over the Modi Government's Rs 12,000- crore pet project Char Dham Mahamarg Vikas Pari Yojana (Char Dham Highway Development Project) that aims to connect the four pilgrimage in the Uttarakhand's fragile mountainous eco-system.
In their study published in the latest issue of Current Science, the scientists said that the 900-kilometer long all-weather road project which envisages widening of National Highway-58, is being executed in complete violation of environmental norms with several irregularities.
Adoption of unscientific methods, inappropriate dumping of tones of mud and debris, excavation at steep angles, allowing wrongful...