kullu the mandi divisional commissioner has completed an inquiry into the alleged involvement of the staff of various departments including revenue forest and the national highway authority of india nhai in allowing route deviations and changes in road alignments during the fourlaning of kiratpurmanali national highwaymandi divisional commissioner rakhil kahlon has submitted the inquiry report to the principal secretary revenue while asking him to take further action in the matter the allegations of route deviations and changes in alignments had first surfaced in 2018 after fourlane visthapit and prabahavit samiti fvps an organisation that has been fighting for the rights of the people displaced by highway widening projects made a number of complaints to the bilaspur district administrationacting on the complaints the bilaspur deputy commissioner dc had ordered formation of a committee to look into the allegations of deviations made in the original layout plants to favour some people whose land had been acquired along the highwaythe committee in its report had concluded after a spot verification that deviations did take place at six points on the highway falling in the bilaspur district the report was submitted to the bilaspur divisional forest officer dfo who had served a showcause notice to the nhai in 2018four more committees were formed next year in 2019 on the orders of bilaspur dc but the probe couldnt move further as the nhai had refused to supply the original layout plans to the panels even the ministry of environment and forests moef had in 2020 ordered stopping the highway work following allegations of route deviations but till date no action has been taken against the officials involvedlast year the forest department had informed the himachal pradesh high court that 15 officials including 13 forest officials and two nhai officials have been named in an inquiry for allegedly allowing route deviations and changes in alignmentthe forest department had further stated that revenue officials could also be involved following which the principal secretary revenue had asked the mandi divisional commissioner to probe the allegations on december 2 last yearfive districts of the state namely mandi bilaspur kullu hamirpur and lahaul spiti fall within the mandi division the latest inquiry is in the series of several ones ordered in the last five years but till date neither any accountability has been fixed nor any action taken against the guilty officials who had allowed route deviations to favour certain people said madan sharma fvps general secretary but we will keep fighting till the officials responsible are held accountable added sharma