Punjab Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua, reviewing the ongoing projects of the National Highways Authority (NHAI) in the State on Friday, directed all the Deputy Commissioners to complete the land acquisition process immediately to ensure construction of expressways within the stipulated time.
The Chief Secretary said that the state’s farmers would get Rs 15,000 crore as compensation and roads worth Rs 40,000 crore will be constructed across the State.
Holding a meeting with the NHAI chairman Alka Upadhyay and the Deputy Commissioners of all districts, Janjua said that under the supervision of the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Government is committed to complete the national projects on time in the State. He categorically asked the District Administration officials to take necessary action to complete the remaining work immediately and no laxity in the matter will be tolerated.
With the construction of this new expressway, the pace of development in the State will get bolstered and investors will get a big boost. Total of 15 greenfield expressways with a length of 1173 km and nine brownfield expressways with a length of 436 kms are being constructed in the state. The Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, Amritsar-Bathinda, Ludhiana-Bathinda, Mohali-Bathinda, and Ludhiana-Ropar, Jalandhar Bypass, Amritsar Bypass, Mohali Bypass and Ludhiana Bypass are prominent among them,” he said.
In the meeting, the Chief Secretary also took stock of the ground situation with Deputy Commissioners of the concerned districts and asked the NHAI to solve the problems on the spot. Talking to the officials, he said that the farmers should not have any problem in getting the compensation amount.
At the same time, the Chief Secretary directed that the pending work should be completed during the next review meeting.