New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Senior bureaucrat Sukhbir Singh Sandhu was on Thursday given six months extension, till mid January next year, as the chairman of National Highways Authority of India, a Personnel Ministry order said.

Sandhu, a 1988 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre, took charge of the post in October last year.

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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension in central deputation tenure of Sandhu, chairman, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for a period of six months beyond July 21, 2020 i.e. up to January 21, 2021, the order said.

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