NHAI SHOULD MAINTAIN EXISTING JUNCTION OF OLD ROAD NET WORK PROVIDED FOR THE ALTERNATIVE TO FOUR LANE CROSSING OF BY PASS MANDI TOWNSHIP, INSTEAD OF DENIAL FOR SAID ROAD CROSSING.

The Director National Highway authority of India officiating from the Mandi area of jurisdiction for necessary redressal of grievance has issued a statement on 30-4-2025 that four lane tunnel bifurcation from the Mandi town has been separated from the temporary link road net work connected so for the traffic facilitation during the construction work of the tunnel at that particular point and now it would not be used for the road net work given to the public welfare of the area and circle, which is not right decision under the provision of road net work prepared for the temporary or permanent facilitation of the general public using this road for their use, since long . The said point is considered crossing, when the side road joins the major road at a right angle. Junctions of lesser important roads with a more important one should be at right angles, and adequate provisions should be made for visibility (line of sight) extending for a greater distance along the major road. When the minor road is of little importance relatively to the main road, or when both roads are unimportant, the crossing of the minor road should be staggered. When the side road is important but not sufficiently so as to justify a (round-about) the baffle junction may be used by making separate turning lanes, (with an island in between the two) for the side road. The above illustrations of alignment of new roads or re-alignment of the old roads, where radius of the kerb line at the junctions is 10.7 metres considered sufficient to enable, even the largest vehicles to keep close to the kerb when turning. The additional space required for manoeuvring and particularly for decelerating and accelerating with minimum interference, with the flow of traffic on the major road, is provided by tapered widenings of the carriage way to the extent of 2.4 metres in a length of 61 metres:-- Er Fateh Chand Guleria, RTI Welfare Association registered number HPCD 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number 9459334377and 78149 66336