Question

The Char-Dham Highway Project will connect four holy places: Yamnotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath. To which Indian state do these places belong?
1. Jharkhand
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Uttarakhand
4. Madhya Pradesh

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Uttarakhand

The correct answer is Uttarakhand.

• Char Dham project is an ambitious project of widening and repairing 889-kilometers of National Highways that connects the Hindu shrines of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri.
• The project has also a provision to build a National Highway of 900 Km in total that will connect the whole of Uttrakhand.
• Under the Char Dham project, the Chamba Tunnel was constructed by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) which was inaugurated in October 2020.
• Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of Char Dham highway development project or Chardham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna at Dehradun.

• Uttarakhand Capital: Dehradun
• CM: Trivendra Singh Rawat