The Punjab Government has approved the four-laning of Ropar-Nawanshahr-Banga-Phagwara road, and is expected to be completed with an estimated cost of Rs 1,500 crore.
“The State Government has given its nod to Ropar-Nawanshahr-Banga-Phagwara road, and the tendering process would be completed by December 2013. The construction on this ambitious project would start soon and the whole work would be completed by October 2016,” said state Public Works Department Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon.
He said that with the completion of this project, it would work for the proliferation of trade and industry besides improving the life style of the citizen of neighboring areas.
Dhillon said that four major four-lane projects are also under construction in the State including 55-kilometer long Ropar-Chamkaur Sahib-Neelon-Doraha road along Sirhind Canal, 30-km Morinda-Kurali-Siswan-Baddi up to state border, 30-km Kot Kapura-Sri Muktsar Sahib and 36-km Batala-Mehta-Beas strech.
“Punjab Government has earmarked Rs 454 crore for all these four major road projects,” he added.
Dhillon said that SAD-BJP Government, in its previous tenure, has incurred Rs 624 crore for the up gradation of various road projects with the total length of 520.44 km.
Divulging details, he said that the roads Patiala-Patran, Balachaur-Dasuya, Hoshoarpur-Tanda, Kiratpur Sahib-Una, Moga-Kotakpura, Firozepur-Fazilka,Dakhan-Raikot-Barnala, Bhwanigarh-Nabha-Gobindgarh and Patiala-Malerkotla have been widened.