Four Lane Bypass from Jalandhar-Phagwara Road to Jalandhar-Nakodar Road

Published: November 11, 2013 at 5:58 PM | Author: Administrator
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The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal has laid the foundation stone of a 4-lane bypass from Jalandhar-Phagwara Road to Jalandhar-Nakodar Road at village Jamsher. The Jamsher bypass would be constructed with Rs 27.96 crore which would reduce the traffic in Jalandhar city as after that visitors traveling to Nakodar-Shahkot, Moga and further to Malwa would not have to enter the city.

Mr. Sukhbir Badal was addressing a rally at Jamsher (Jalandhar City) after laying foundation stones of various development works in Jalandhar worth Rs 50 crore. For the total transformation of Jalandhar city, Mr Badal said that a Master plan has been chalked out which would be implemented in one and half year to provide 100 percent sewerage and drinking water facility, beautification of chowks, LED street lighting, Over Bridge at Chandan Nagar, strengthening of inner and connecting roads. Besides this Rs 125 crore was also announced by the Deputy Chief Minister for the upgradation and strengthening of link roads in Jalandhar district.

He said that further to give a big push to road infrastructure across the state, Rs 13,000 crore has been sanctioned for Phagwara-Chandigarh, Amritsar-Bathinda, Chandigarh-Bathinda express ways, on which the work would be started in January 2014.

Prominent amongst present on the occasion included Chief Parliamentary Secretaries K.D. Bhandari Avinash Chandar, Mr Pargat Singh, Mayor Sunil Jyoti, Commisioner Jalanadhar Division R Venktaratnam and DC Varun Roojam.