Punjab Government has initiated the process for six-laning of Kharar-ludhiana road expected to be proved a big push to strengthen the infrastructure in the State.
“Necessary file work has been started to get all kind of approvals for this Rs1,000 crore ambitious projects and construction work will be started in March 2014,” said Public Works Department Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon.
Terming this road as a lifeline of the entire Malwa region, Dhillon said this project would include 68 km stretch from Sector-38 Chandigarh to ludhiana via Kharar, which would be converted into 6 lanes.
Dhillon further informed that Punjab is all set to become the state with best road connectivity in the country. “175 km road from Sambhu Border — Jalandhar with the cost of Rs1,500 crore, 44 km from Bhogpur-Mukerian with Rs300 crore, 102 km from Pathankot to Amritsar with Rs800 crore and 78 km from ludhiana to Talwandi worth Rs479 crore have also been under construction,” he added.
The Minister informed that four major four lane projects were under construction in the State including 56-km-long Ropar-Chamkaur Sahib-Neelon-Doraha (along Sirhind Canal), 30-km-long Morinda-Kurali-Siswan-Baddi, 30-km-long Kot Kapura-Sri Muktsar Sahib and 36-km-long Batala-Mehta-Beas.
He said that these projects would also be completed soon, which would provide a big sigh of relief to daily commuters from traffic congestion besides saving their precious time and energy.