nainital the uttarakhand high court on monday ordered the state government to provide information on alleged heavy encroachments in ramnagar on the national highway121 a public interest litigation pil was filed by ramnagarbased laxmi dutt mandoliya and kamal singh heera on june 19 alleging that the government authorities had failed to address the issue of encroachments despite several complaints private bus stops shops complexes and even houses have sprung up from shivlalpur to amdanda on the 4km stretch traffic snarls have become the order of the day said mandoliya the petitioners further said the sole road passing through ramnagar was usually blocked owing to traffic jams stating that they had raised the issue with the authorities concerned heera said weve written several times to the police district authorities national highway authority of india in the last three years however nothing has changed meanwhile d s mehta petitioners counsel said the court has sought a report on heavy encroachments in ramnagar on the nh121 the next hearing is slated for june 29 the highway acts as a link between kashipur in udham singh nagar district to bubakhal pauri garhwal district stretched across 252 km the highway runs across the hill state of uttarakhand the route also connects kumaon division to other tourist spots including jim corbett national park and char dhams of the state however the national highway usually remains choked with traffic jams lasting more than three hours