Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday gave green signal to 3080.47 kms long highway as National Highway, besides sanctioning of seven ROBs in Punjab during meeting with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal in New Delhi.
Badal sought to declare Guru Gobind Singh Marg from Sri Anandpur Sahib to Sri Abchal Nagar Hazoor Sahib Nanded (Maharashtra) as national highways.
He also sought the speedy approval of four and six laning of Chandigarh-Kharar-ludhiana road project of NH-95 where land has been acquired and necessary clearances are in place.
Regarding the delay in 6 laning of Jalandhar-Dhillwan section of NH-1 length 20 Kms and 4 laning of ludhiana-Talwandi Bhai section of NH-15 length 78 Kms, Gadkari asked member finance NHAI Satish Chandra to take speedy action against the defaulters as per rules of the contract.