Ludhiana: Giving a major boost to road infrastructure, Punjab cabinet minister for local govt, industries and commerce, investment promotion and power Sanjeev Arora inaugurated different road projects worth over Rs 8.6 crore in the city on Thursday.The projects have been launched for reconstruction of the old GT road stretch from Jalandhar bypass till Buddha Dariya; the elevated road from Chand cinema till Jagraon bridge; and the road from Saggu chowk till Hambran road.The old GT road and elevated road projects are being taken up at a cost of Rs 7 crore, while the project to reconstruct the road from Saggu chowk till Hambran road is being taken up at a cost of over Rs 1.5 crore.While launching the projects, cabinet minister Sanjeev Arora stated that road infrastructure across the state is undergoing a massive overhaul, with road projects worth Rs 1,000 crore to be completed by the end of April.Stating that more projects worth crores would be launched across the city in the coming days, Cabinet minister Arora directed the civic body officials to ensure good quality development works and blacklist the contractors if any discrepancies are found in the quality of works. For ensuring good quality and long life of roads, the contractors who will construct the roads would be responsible for the maintenance of roads for up to 5 years.Cabinet minister Arora stated that in addition to the Rs 1,000 crore projects being taken up in the cities for upgrading road infrastructure, departments like PWD, rural development etc are also taking up major road projects in the state.Arora further stated that modern machinery is being put to use for repairing potholes on roads too.He added that that rigorous efforts are also being made to rejuvenate Buddha Dariya and a positive change is already being witnessed at the ground level.The minister stated that people-centric projects are being taken up by the state govt to facilitate the public at large.MSID:: 129825970 413 |
