Nitin Gadkari lays foundation stones of 29 projects worth ₹4,000 cr in Punjab
Hindustan TimesUnion minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari, on Wednesday, digitally laid the foundation of highway projects worth ₹4,000 crore during a rally in Dussehra Ground. Main projects include four-laning of Hoshiarpur-Phagwara road, four-laning of Ladhowal bypass in Ludhiana to connect GT road and National Highway 5, six-lane highway and two railway overbridges in Ludhiana city, four-laning of Jalandhar-Kapurthala section on national highway 703 A, four-laning of Talwandi Bhai to Ferozepur road, four-lane over bridge in Nangal and strengthening of Jalandhar-Makhu road. The minister for road transport and highways further said five greenfield expressways and economic corridors are being built at a cost of ₹1.20 lakh crore for better connectivity from Punjab to Delhi, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Haryana. He said the work of a four-lane highway from the Amritsar airport to Ramdas will be completed in 2024, which will ease the way to the Kartarpur Corridor.A 75-km green-field highway from Ludhiana to Bathinda at a cost of ₹2,000 crore is scheduled for completion by 2025, reducing travel time to 45 minutes with connectivity to Halwara Airport.Gadkari appealed to the Punjab government to expedite the land acquisition process for the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur national highway project.