Hoshiarpur, Jan 10: On Wednesday, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari dedicated and placed the cornerstones for 29 national highway projects in Punjab, totaling Rs 4,000 crore. The projects comprised the construction of three bridges on the Jalandhar-Makhu road, a four-lane portion of the Jalandhar-Kapurthala road, a six-lane flyover and a two-lane road over bridge in Ludhiana. Gadkari lay the groundwork for a number of projects, such as the four-laning of the Ferozepur bypass and the Hoshiarpur-Phagwara route. Speaking to an audience here, Gadkari stated that the administration, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party, is constructing motorways, including green motorways that are assisting in reducing travel times.Further, the minister for road transport and highways stated that, in order to improve connectivity between Punjab and Delhi, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Haryana, five greenfield motorways and economic corridors are being constructed at a cost of Rs 1.20 lakh crore. In addition, he discussed the 670 km greenfield motorway project that will connect Delhi, Amritsar, and Katra. When it is finished, he stated, one may go from Delhi to Amritsar in four hours and from Delhi to Katra in six. On this occasion, in attendance were Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar, former MP Vijay Sampla, Union Minister and local MP Som Parkash, and others.
