Overview

• Affected residents and farmers will stage a protest outside the Chakkar NHAI office on July 16, seeking rehabilitation, fourfold compensation and environmental safeguards.
• Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inspected vulnerable sites along the Shoghi-Dhalli project on July 8, ordered immediate safety measures and pledged ₹10,000 per month rental assistance plus a special relief package.
• Local farmers demand compensation under Himachal Pradesh High Court’s Factor-2 valuation norm, arguing current payouts vastly undervalue acquired land and ignore damage to adjacent assets.
• Community groups highlight that steep hill cutting and illegal debris dumping by NHAI have destabilized slopes, triggered landslides, and destroyed homes and farmland in Bhattakufar and nearby areas.
• Organizers are calling for a joint expert committee of state and central engineers under judicial oversight to conduct a fair damage assessment before further work proceeds.