Punjab takes up ₹211-cr Road Projects

The Punjab state government has taken up 12 major road projects to improve connectivity in the state under the central road and infrastructure fund (CRIF). The state PWD minister informed that these projects entail an investment of ₹211.22 crore, which includes improvement of major district roads, other district roads and construction of new bridges. The improvement of the 23.74km-long Amritsar-Chogawan-Ranian road stretch is being executed at a cost of ₹27 crore, while a 40.47km-long stretch of Gurdaspur-Shri Hargobindpur road will be strengthened at a cost of ₹18.57 crore. The upgrade of Sarabha-Raikot road in Ludhiana, Baghapurana-Bhagta Bhai-Nathana road in Moga, Phagwara-Jandiala road in Kapurthala will be starting soon with an investment of ₹6.95 crore, ₹11.28 crore and ₹15.72 crore respectively. The four-km long stretch of State Highway 14, which connects Malout Chowk to Hanumangarh Chowk, and the 2.3km stretch of the district road connecting Malout Chowk to Sitogunno, both in Abohar town of Fazilka district will be upgraded at a cost of ₹25 crore. Two new bridges in Roopnagar and Gurdaspur district will also be constructed at a cost of ₹12.37 crore. In Roopnagar, the bridge will be reconstructed on the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal near Behrampur Zimidaran village by replacing the existing narrow and low-level bridge while in Gurdaspur, a high-level bridge will be constructed over the hydel channel at Barth Sahib.