Shimla, July 3 -- In the wake of "unregulated" hill cutting and dumping activities by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the Himachal Pradesh government has formed a high-level committee to monitor and investigate the ongoing works, especially along four-lane highway projects.

Addressing the media in Shimla on Wednesday, public works department (PWD) minister Vikramaditya Singh said, "The state government has constituted a committee under my chairmanship, including secretaries of all key departments such as PWD, jal shakti, forest and also the NHAI."

"This committee has been formed so that all issues that emerge from time to time can be discussed constructively and solutions can be found," Singh said, adding that an inform...