Cities in Punjab to be interconnected with 4 or 6-lane roads

BATHINDA: Punjab will become the first state to have all its cities interconnected with four or six-lane roads in next two years, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Monday.

All cities of Punjab would be interconnected with four or six-lane roads after completion of seven major projects worth Rs 6,689 crore. These projects, which would be completed in next two years, will make the state the first in the country to have such a facility, he said.

Sukhbir said by June 2011, major road projects including 4-laning of Zirakpur-Patiala road (NH-64), 4-laning of Patiala-Bathinda road and 6-laning of Sher Shah Suri Marg (NH-1) from Panipat to Jalandhar (Rs 2700 crore) will change the face of the state.

He also inaugurated four new projects including Railway Over bridge at Budhlada and Railway Under bridge at Mansa.