Targeting resolution of traffic problems plaguing the State, the Punjab Government has decided to construct 32 new Railway Over Bridges (ROBs) at an estimated cost of Rs 1,350 crore.
Besides, the government would also undertake repair and reconstruction of the rural link roads under various schemes in the coming months, said the state PWD Minister Vijay Inder Singla.
Singla, accompanied by local Government Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, Education and Environment Minister OP Soni and Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla, Singla said that it was our responsibility to provide better roads.
“The roads which have not been repaired for more than six years or more will be repaired on priority basis,” he said.
Talking about new railway bridges, Singla said that in the next one and a half years, seven new ROBs would be set up in Majha region at an estimated cost of Rs 355 crore.
Singla said that with the state government efforts, it is for the first time that Punjab will get the highest share on the basis of road length from Pradhan Mantri Sarak Yojna and by contributing 40 percent of the state's share in the total expenditure of Rs 2,000 crore, all the link roads would be reconstructed.
Appreciating Singla’s initiatives, Sidhu informed that he has flagged the issue of ring road for Amritsar and the PWD Minister has assured that it would be completed soon.
HElPlINE FOR TOll RElATED COMPlAINTS SOON
Punjab PWD Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Monday announced that the State Government will soon set up a helpline for complaints related to toll plazas, so that no one is harassed by them.
“The Congress Government has tightened noose around the toll plaza companies straight after coming to power, resulting into extending of all the facilities on the roads by them and has reduced the traffic stagnation on toll plazas,” he said.