The Union government on October 30 cleared Rs 3,000 crore worth highway widening works in Maharashtra and Punjab. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved four laning of the Aurangabad-Yedeshi highway in Maharashtra at an investment of Rs 2,406.63 crore. In Punjab, the Sangrur-Haryana border road will be widened at Rs 612.28 crore investment.
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Rs 286 cr Nabard loan to Punjab for roads
For raising and strengthening rural roads in Punjab, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) loan of Rs 286 crore.
Rs 116 cr for road works, rail bridges in Hoshiarpur
In Punjab's Hoshiarpur district railway over bridges and roads will be strengthened and renovated at a cost of Rs 116.77 crore, said the district's Deputy Commissioner Varun Roojam on September 3. Works will also be undertaken to strengthen link road connectivity and ensure hassle free movement of traffic, Roojam added. 16.50 kilometre road connecting Binewal and Khurali villages is being strengthened and widened at a cost of Rs 11.55 crore, he added.
Gail to export gas to Pak, says Indian Govt
To export natural gas to Pakistan through a pipeline from Punjab, Indian government-owned gas utility GAIL India will enter into contract with a Pakistani firm, the Indian government has said.
Ludhiana airport upgradation plan delays
In Punjab's Ludhiana, the move to upgrade Sahnewal airport has hit the first road block with some of the villagers filing objections to the acquisition of their land. According to Section IV of the Land Acquisition Act, people whose land is acquired can file objections, if any, within a month. As the government had on June 15 issued the notification for acquiring land in 10 villages in Sahnewal area for upgradation of the airport and construction of a mega industrial park project, the deadline f
Punjab’s Patiala-Bhadson road to be widened to 33 ft
Patiala-Bhadson road in Punjab will be widened up to 33 feet. The State government has decided in this regard and the widening of the road work on this would commence in November next. Public Works Department Minister, Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, said the State government has given approval for the widening of this 4 kilometre stretch from its present 18 feet to 33 feet.
India in talks with Pak to export natural gas via pipeline
To export natural gas to Pakistan through a pipeline from its Punjab state, India is in talks with the neighbouring country to help it overcome crippling energy shortage. India's State gas utility GAIL has proposed to lay a 110-km pipeline from Jalandhar to Wagah border via Amritsar to supply natural gas to Pakistan, GAIL Chairman and Managing Director BC Tripathi has said.
Work on 3 major roads in Punjab to continue
In Punjab, Rahon-Nawanshehar-Balachor road was near completion whereas work on 9.33 kilometre stretch of Banga-Garhshankar road, 14.50 kilmetre of Balachaur-Bhaddi road and 10.60 kilometre road from Mahilpur-Phagwara upto Behram would commence soon.
AAI to finalise sites of low-cost airports in Punjab
Within a fortnight of the Union government announcing three low-cost airports in Punjab, a high-powered committee of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) has arrived in the state to test the feasibility of the airports. On July 11, the four-member team led by Joint General Manager N Makhija arrived to check the economic and technical feasibility of constructing low-cost domestic airports in Patiala, Ferozepur, Jalandhar and Ludhiana.
Rs 13,000 cr to be spent on widening roads in Punjab
For widening highways and inter-city roads running through Punjab, the State government would spend to the tune of Rs 13,740 crore over the coming two years, the state government said on July 11.