Updated: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:49 (IST) The widening work on Gangotri National Highway has not yet started. Due to this, pilgrims will have to face the problem of traffic jams in the next Yatra season also … read more Jagran Correspondent, Uttarkashi. Even in the next Yatra season, pilgrims do not see any relief from the problem of traffic jams on the Gangotri National Highway. Here, the proposed widening work in five phases from Uttarkashi to Bhairon Ghati has not yet started. Remove advertisement Just read the news At the same time, after the Dharali disaster, the proposed widening work is being reviewed by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. In such a situation, there is little hope that expansion work will start here soon. However, BRO officials expressed hope that the widening work would be started by March 2026. Let us tell you that Gangotri National Highway is important from Chardham and strategic point of view. Where during the travel season a large number of pilgrims travel through this highway to visit Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham. At the same time, the army also provides logistics and other military supplies through this highway to the forward posts along the China border. But near the district headquarters, the highway is quite narrow in areas like Ujeli, Maneri, Bhatwadi, Gangnani, Dabrani etc. As a result, the problem of traffic jams continues here. Under the central government’s ambitious Chardham All Weather Road project, BRO has planned to widen the highway in five phases from Chungi Badathi in Uttarkashi to Bhaironghati. But work on this has not yet started. While DPR for widening in the fifth, fourth and first phase was also almost prepared. At the same time, the expansion work under the fifth phase was expected to start in the district headquarters even before the last Chardham Yatra season. But after the Dharali disaster, the review of the proposed widening work is underway. In such a situation, there is little hope that expansion work will start here soon. At the same time, Chardham Yatra will start after about four months in the month of April. In such a situation, if the widening work is not started soon, the pilgrims will again have to face the problem of traffic jams by traveling through narrow roads. President of the hotel association, Shailendra Matuda, says that due to increasing pressure of vehicles and narrowing of the highway, there is a problem of jam in Ujeli, Bhatwadi, Gangnani, Limchigad and Songad etc. To overcome this problem, widening work should start as soon as possible. Also Read – Exam special train will run between Moradabad and Dehradun for RRB exam, these will be the interruptions. The debris that came during the rainy season will also add to the problem. The debris that accumulates in Dharasu, Nalupani and Dunda Devidhar etc. during the rainy season. came on the Gangotri National Highway was not removed. If this debris is not removed before the Chardham Yatra, the problems of the pilgrims may increase. President of the hotel association, Shailendra Matura, said that it is necessary to clear the debris that came from many places during the rainy season before the widening of BRO is started soon. A meeting was held on Tuesday evening itself regarding the revised cost estimate of the proposed widening, if approved soon, the tender for Package Five will be issued. The widening work will start from March after the tender process is completed in two months. Rajkishore, Commander BRO.