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Bad Highway: MP High Court Summons NHAI Chief

  • The Madhya Pradesh High Court has asked the Chairman of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to appear before it on February 6, following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging that a National Highway was in a bad shape.A division bench of High Court in Jbalpore, comprising Justices Ajeet Singh and Sanjay Yadav, summoned the NHAI chairman to the court next month after it was told the road between Jabalpur- Katni district was in a pathetic state.The court observed it appeared that subordinate officers had not appraised their higher ups realities about the condition of the Jabalpur- Katni highway.

  • The petitioner Prakash Pandey had moved the PIL alleging that the condition of the highway was in a terrible state and could pose danger to users.The condition of NH roads, passing through Madhya Pradesh, has been a political issue with the ruling BJP government in the state writing to the centre demanding the de-notification of these roads, so that the state government could repair those.However, the opposition Congress has been alleging that it was a political ploy by the BJP to hide its government's failure to ensure a proper upkeep of the equally pathetic state roads.

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