The Punjab government has set aside Rs. 318 crore for construction of 14 more Railways Over/under Bridges in state to improve the road connectivity. The work on 9 under construction ROBs/RUBs are set to be completed and they would be dedicated to the people of Punjab in next two months.
Disclosing this here today Mr. Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, Minister for Public Works Department said Punjab Government has given its principal approval to the 14 new ROBs/RUB's after a comprehensive survey of the traffic density on all National and State Highways and after identifying bottlenecks the state government has given its approval to 14 more ROBs/RUBs. Giving the details of planned ROBs/RUB's, Mr. Dhillon said that an endeavor has been made to construct ROBs/RUB's in Malwa, Doaba and Majha regions of the state as per immediate requirement of each region.
He said that the 14 ROBs/RUBs approved by the Government included RUB on Bathinda-Dabwali Road (Rs 30 crore), Suranussi (Rs. 20 crore), Kapurthala near Science City (Rs. 40 crore), Tarn Taran (Rs. 15 crore), Vallah in Amritsar (Rs.15 crore), Malerkotla Raikot Road (Rs. 30 crore), Amritsar-Bhikhiwind Road (Rs. 20 crore), Amritsar-Attari Road (Rs. 15 crore), Northern Patiala Bypass (Rs. 24 crore), Muktsar (Rs. 15 crore), Gobindgarh (Rs. 24 crore), Gidderbaha (Rs. 20 crore), Kapurthala-Nakodar-Phillaur Raod on Phillaur-Lohian Railway line (Rs. 28 crore) and Kapurthala-Nakodar-Phillaur Road at Jalandhar-Nakodar Railway line (22 crore). The 9 ROBs/RUBs that would be dedicated to public in next two months included Chawapali, Budhlada, SD College Barnala, RUB Sunam, Gurney, Sahnewal, Khanna, Mukerian and Chhajli.
The Minister said that the Punjab Government would make record investment of Rs. 7600 crore in linking all major cities with 4/6 lane roads in next three years.