Ravi Chopra High-powered committee

In News: The Supreme Court appointed Ravi Chopra Committee has alleged that the Chardham road project has violated court order.

About Ravi Chopra Committee

A petition was filed with the National Green Tribunal. The Petition said that the project violated the Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2006.
On the other hand, according to MoRTH, the length of the highways are less than 100 km and hence do not require environmental clearance.
The project has been segregated into 57 parts and each part is less than 100 km. Thus, NGT cleared the project.
However, the project stopped by the Supreme Court. The apex court also constituted Ravi Chopra Committee to assess the environmental violations if any.

The top court ruled that a width of 5.5 metre be enforced as it was in conformity with a 2018 recommendation of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) for mountain roads.
The MoRTH is also the key coordinator of the Chardham project.
Ravi Chopra is the chairman of the High Powered Committee (HPC).

Chardham Pariyojana

The project aims to provide connectivity to the four Hindu pilgrimages such as Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 12,000 crores.
The National Highway and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, Uttarakhand State Public Works, Border Road Organization.
The project is being implemented under EPC mode.
EPC mode is Engineering, Procurement and Construction Mode.
Under this mode, the cost is completely borne by the Government.

Pilgrimage sites