Key Highlights
- Officials say though 9 to 10 km-long stretch started from Chotta Shimla to the Chaura Maidan near Willy’s Park is Mall road, but the part between the Railway Board Building and Clarkes Hotel is the main portion of around 1 km.
- Three excavators started digging near the Lift towards the police barrier near Simla Club.
- It is for the first time in Shimla when underground utility ducts are being constructed through which all pipelines, electricity, telecommunication wires will go.
- The depth of the underground duct is around 6 feet with a similar size width.
- Rakesh Sood, a manager at an eatery situated between the Lift and Simla Club, said, “authorities take at least seven months to complete the underground utility ducts from Chotta Shimla to the police barrier.
