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PARWANOO BY-PASS SOLAN-KALKA-PINJOUR-CHANDIGARH-ZIRAKPUR

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• published: 15 Jan 2013
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Tourists traveling to Shimla by road are now able to experience a smooth ride with the opening of a 10-km express bypass from Zirakpur to Parwanoo, which would help them avoid traffic snarls on Kalka and Pinjore Towns and get rid of the very long & most unpleasant traffic jam at old Parwanoo Barrier. Opened for normal traffic on April 6, 2012 The 412-crore project, Built by Jaypee group, a part of 27.5-km expressway project, cutting across Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana, also kickstarts government's mission to introduce radio frequency identification-based electronic toll collection across the toll plazas of the country to help in seamless travel for commuters. The UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mountain railways of India, Kalka - Shimla route and the train passes through this town.The work on the bypass started in March 2008 and was scheduled to be completed in August 2010. However, many hiccups, including land acquisition in some parts of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, led to the long delays in the project. The bypass, comprising eight bridges and four underpasses, is part of the Zirakpur-Parwanoo four-lane project on the National Highway-22. According to an estimate, nearly 26,000 vehicles, including big trucks, pass through this route. This used to lead to long traffic jams everyday, which not only increased the travel time on this route. The smoke emitted from these stranded vehicles also posed a big health risk to local residents. Even many passengers had died when ambulances ferrying them were stuck in log jams for hours. A doctor had to conduct a delivery in a car carrying a would-be mother in labour pains stranded in a traffic jam at Kalka a few years ago. The passengers, however, will have to shell out Rs 23 for smooth journey at the toll plaza set up at Chandimandir. The journey to Himachal Pradesh, especially to famous tourist place of Chail in Solan district, has become a little costly. A car owner has to pay Rs 23 at the Chandimandir toll plaza, Rs 30 for Himachal Pradesh entry fee at Parwanoo Parwanoo is a city and a municipal council in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is an industrial town. It borders Panchkula district of Haryana, and is after the towns of Pinjore and Kalka on the Chandigarh Shimla Highway. In fact it is separated by a river bed from the town of Kalka. Pinjore to Parwanoo is almost a continuous urban belt. From Pinjore there is also a road to Baddi. Another nearby industrial town of Himachal. The town is divided into 6 different sectors spread randomly across the Shivalik Range in a radius of about 4 km. While sectors 1A, 4 and 6 are totally residential the other sectors 1, 2, 3 & 5 are Industrial with only a few residential areas. Parwanoo is essentially an industrial town with almost 80% of the local population engaged with the industries in one way or other. It is home to the largest fruit processing unit of HPMC and the HP Agro Industries have a Cattle Feed Unit and a Pesticide Unit located here. It also has a Large ESI hospital. Prominent hotels are Shivalik View, Windsmoor and Shelly. To cash in on its proximity to Chandigarh and Panchkula the government set up industrial sectors and gave incentives that invited many small scale units to set up shop here. The incentives include exemption from taxes and financing incentives for expansion of existing projects.The town is 35 km from Chandigarh and 20 k.m from Panchkula. There is also a route to Kasauli direct from Parwanoo, 18 km avoiding Dharampur.