Chandigarh gets outer ring road project

The Tricity coordination committee has decided to expedite the outer ring road project to decongest Chandigarh with the Union road transport having approved the project. A meeting chaired by Punjab governor and UT administrator V P Singh at Badnore revealed that as per a study of the daily traffic at the outer cordon points, about 1.50 lakh vehicles enter or leave Chandigarh on an ordinary working day. There is also a high volume of passenger and freight traffic across the city. Madhya Marg is the worst affected road since it provides the shortest and most direct connection between the adjoining towns. A ring road has been planned to provide an alternative route for these vehicles in transit. The meeting was also attended by Haryana chief secretary Keshni Anand Arora, his Punjab counterpart Karan Avtar Singh, UT adviser Manoj Parida and other senior officials of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.