Committee on Chardham Project

Committee on Chardham Project

• The Supreme Court named AK Sikri, as chairperson of the High-Powered Committee (HPC), which will assess the Chardham project’s cumulative and independent impact on the entire Himalayan Valley.
• In 2019, Professor Ravi Chopra was appointed as chairperson of the HPC by the Supreme Court.
• Professor Ravi Chopra’s resignation as chairperson of the committee was accepted by a panel of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant after he filed a letter in January requesting to quit.
• Following the resignation of Professor Chopra, AK Sikri was appointed as the chairperson as the court had previously appointed him as chairperson of the Chardham project’s oversight committee to address environmental complaints and other matters.
• The Supreme Court, on 14th December 2021, had allowed the widening of the double lane of the strategic Chardham highway project in Uttarakhand.

Published date : 12 Mar 2022 05:27PM