Ecstatic over the awards instituted by the India Today group on the parameters of development, the Chief Minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal today said that the state has been able to withstand the slowdown and the delayed monsoon and is expected to surpass the previous year's records in terms of growth.
Unvieling the roadmap for infrastructure revamp in the state, covering over 13,000 kilometers and involving major four-laning, six-laning, widening and up-gradation of all key transport arteries in the state, the Chief Minister said that the next two years would see all major destinations in the state interconnected and connected with the rest of the country with state of the art road network.
Among the more significant arteries, Badal listed six laning of Shambu border to Jalandhar (6-laning) and Amritsar–Attari Border, Kurali–Kiratpur Sahib, Ludhiana-Malerkotla, Kharar-Banur, Zirakpur–Patiala, Patiala–Bathinda, Kharar–Ludhiana, Ludhiana–Talwandi, Jalandhar–Dhilwan section, Amritsar–Pathankot, Morinda–Kurali–Siswan T Junction, Siswan-T Junction to Mullanpur Garibdass, Ropar–Phagwara (All 4-laning).
The four-laning of projects alone would entail an expenditure of Rs 5000 crore and cover a travelling length of more than 800 kilometers in the state, said the Chief Minister.
In addition, the state has also undertaken works to upgrade 36 roads in the border districts, covering a length of 500 kilometers at an overall expenditure of Rs 235 crore.
Badal also gave details of putting up a network of railway over-bridges, under-bridges and fly-overs all across the state.
