By Punjabnewswire4u
CHANDIGARH,
MAY 21
The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today gave nod for the repair
of link roads covering 11,000 KMs at a cost of Rs.1700 crore across the state
to be completed by June, 2014.
Mr. Badal was reviewing the status of national highways, district roads, link
roads, ROBs/RUBs, government buildings and several others infrastructure
projects in a meeting here at Chief Minister’s residence this morning.
Meanwhile, the Secretary PWD (B&R) Mr. PS Aujla apprised the Chief Minister
that the funds for the repair of link roads have been tied up and tenders would
be invited soon so as to complete this gigantic task within a time frame. The
repair work of link roads would be executed by the Mandi Board and PWD
(B&R) department.
The Chief
Minister also approved a massive project of Rs.315 crore for the maintenance
and repair of state highways, major district roads and other district roads
besides the maintenance of PMGYS roads in the state during the current
fiscal.
Referring
to the status of national highways projects, Mr. Aujla said that 230 KMs of 4/6
laning had been completed by National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) while
the work on 400 KMs was in progress at a cost of Rs.3080 crore and 101 KMs new
national highways were proposed with an investment of Rs.700 crore in the near
future. Likewise, the construction work on 4-laning of 51 KMs and 166.445
KMs from Zirakpur to Patiala and Patiala to Bathinda section of NH-64 at an
approximate cost of Rs.501 crore and Rs. 2007 crore respectively had been
allotted on BoT basis and would be completed within next two years.
Similarly, Amritsar-Sri Ganga Nagar road (NH-15) having a length of 296 KMs
would also be constructed at a cost of Rs.2650 crore as the alignment had
already been approved in principle by the Ministry of Road Transport &
Highways with 4-laning from Amritsar to Bathinda and 2-lane with paved
shoulders (10 wide) from Bathinda to Rajasthan border via Malout-Abohar.
Apart from these, Jalandhar-Jind road up to Haryana border (NH-71) with a
length of 239 KMs was also proposed involving an investment of Rs.2440 crore in
a phased manner, under which 4-laning from Jalandhar to Sangrur (via
Nakodar-Shahkot-Moga-Barnala) and Sangrur to Patran up to Haryana border would
be done in phase-I and II respectively.
The 4-laning of NH-15 from Pathankot to Amritsar with a total length of 102.42
KMs at a cost of Rs.800 crore would be completed by next month and the work on
4-laning of 78 KMs stretch (NH-95) from Ludhiana to Talwandi was in full swing
at a cost of Rs.479 crore and was likely to be completed by March 2014.
The Chief Minister directed the Secretary PWD (B&R) to closely monitor the
progress of ongoing road projects to ensure the quality construction of these
‘arteries of communication’ besides their timely completion. Mr. Badal
asked him to get the civil works expedited for the 6-laning of NH-95 from
Kharar to Ludhiana (68 KMs), Jalandhar to Dhillwan (20 KMs) and 4-laning of
NH-21 Kharar to Kurali (15 KMs) from NHAI to ensure smooth and hassle free
vehicular traffic to the commuters.
Mr. Aujla also told the Chief Minister that 33 ROBs/RUBs had been completed at
a cost of Rs.565 crore and work was in progress on five ROBs at a cost of Rs.78
crore and four ROBs were proposed to be constructed at Kapurthala, Malerkotla,
Gobindgarh and Northern Bypass Patiala at a cost of Rs.128 crore.
It was also informed in the meeting that a project of 637 KMs of roads under
Pardhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) at a cost of Rs.319 crore would be
taken up during the current financial year and the tendering process would be
initiated soon. As many as 192 roads under PMGSY covering 588 KMs at a
cost of Rs.765 crore were likely to be completed by December 2013.
The Chief Minister asked the Secretary Industries and PWD (B&R) to jointly
explore the feasibility to allow mining of minerals like sand, gravel and earth
(Mitti) to the major contractors on short term basis to operate concurrently on
their projects as per the practice prevalent in Rajasthan and other states to
ensure speedy execution and timely completion of their infrastructure projects
on one hand and to tide over the scarcity of construction material on the
other. Mr. Badal also asked the Mandi Board and PWD (B&R) to give the
highest priority to the repair and maintenance of link roads, district roads
and construction of bridges especially in the difficult areas of Kandi and
Border.
Prominent amongst others who were attended the meeting included Special
Principal Secretary Mr. Gaggandip Singh Brar besides the Chief Engineers of PWD
(B&R).
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