Shimla, Nov 6 (PTI) The Himachal Pradesh High Court has pulled up the National Highways Authority of India for the inordinate delay in completion of Parwanoo-Chambaghat-Kaithalighat-Dhalli four-lane project and poor maintenance of several stretches of the highway.

It has cautioned that restrictions on toll tax collection will continue at Sanwara toll plaza if the snags are not rectified within 10 days.

A division bench consisting of Chief Justice G S Sandhawalia and Justice Jiya Lal Bharadwaj on Monday noted that despite NHAI's claim of substantial completion, the project was delayed by over six years. It observed that several stretches of the highway -- particularly near Kandaghat, Datyar, and Chakki -- were still in a pitiable condition, causing hardship to commuters.

In the order, a

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