Dehradun, Aug. 8 -- The Uttarakhand Public Works Department (PWD) has taken major action against the contractor company in connection with the damage to the approach road of the bridge over the Tons River near Nanda Ki Chowki on the Dehradun-Paonta Sahib Highway.

The department has suspended Himalayan Construction with immediate effect and barred the company from participating in PWD tender processes until further orders.

The reconstruction and strengthening work of the previously damaged bridge over the Tons River at Km 143 of National Highway-72, near Uttaranchal University, was underway.

The work had been awarded to Himalayan Construction, 250 Sarthi Vihar, Dehradun, under Contract dated January 31, 2026.

Following heavy rainfall a...