GOVERNMENT SHOULD FOLLOW ORDERS OF THE HONOURABLE HIGH COURT AND PREPARE THE REMEDIAL ESTIMATES REQUIRED FOR THE ROAD SAFETY MEASURES AND NECESSARY FOR THE CONTROL OF HEAVY LAND SLIDING

The various roads of the Himachal Pradesh have closed during the rainy season and later on opened by the department of Public Works even the High ways are facing problems due to land slides for which the government must initiate action as directed by the Honourable High court of HP Shimla to follow experts advice as such every year the massive landslides are required to be removed from the roads which causes loss of lives and property for which precautionary measures are required to be taken with the suggestions made by code and specifications so that it could be prevented and further loss of property and lives may be restricted for the future .As per the remedial precautions it is necessary to provide the breast walls at such reduced distances and to prefer the plantation on upper profile of the road side .The government should issue necessary directions to the department of public works to prepare the details of such RDs and issue necessary directions to the driving people regarding to follow the instructions of the road safety act as required to control the speed limit at such places where the department concerned should also provide road sign boards .The MDR and State Highways are maintained by the state governments however the National Highways are maintained and funded by the Central Government with the responsibility of NHAI for which the central government may follow the code and specifications so analysed time to time by the IRC and code and specifications required to be followed by the field Engineers working for the maintenance of hilly areas where the land slides occurence could not be controlled however it may be restricted by the study of impact assessment realised by the experts opinion while undertaking the massive involvement and excavation of the hill profiles, which must be artificially stopped by the Engineers responsible to protect the road safety measures