Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday announced that all major cities and towns of the State would be connected with four/six-lane roads by 2017.
He said that the SAD-BJP Government is laying extensive road network in the State, a pre-requisite for development, which makes Punjab the second State in the entire country to have a road network on such a broad scale.
Addressing the people during his sangat darshan programme, Sukhbir said that special attention has been paid to develop the road infrastructure around Moga which would soon get further impetus with the already commenced construction of Hoshiarpur-Jalandhar-Moga-Barnala road thus proving a vital link in connecting Doaba and Malwa regions of the State.
He said that the project would cost Rs 1,500 crore to the State exchequer.
Elaborating further, he said that the SAD-BJP Government has been the harbinger of massive development and prosperity in the State during previous nine years which is amply clear from the State achieving power surplus status.
“The production of power has been doubled in the State with the investment of Rs 23,520 crore besides spending Rs 4,000 crore on the development and face-lifting of cities and towns which would ensure them getting sewerage and clean drinking water facilities thus giving a boost to the infrastructure,” he said.
Sukhbir exuded confidence that riding on the development plank, the SAD-BJP coalition would score a hat-trick in Punjab at 2017 assembly polls post which he has set a target to give cemented shape to the streets and drains of all the villages in the State.
“Inspite of long list of achievements under the SAD-BJP Government’s belt, the political rivals are deliberately playing a devious game to defame Punjab. Firstly, the Sikh community was branded as terrorist while now the Punjabi community is being painted as drug addict under a deep rooted conspiracy,” he said.