Rajiv Bhatia
Zirakpur, July 14
To solve the ever-increasing problem of traffic congestion on the busy Chandigarh-Ambala highway at Zirakpur, the PWD department of central works division has decided to construct service roads on either side of the stretch between the UT barrier and the starting point of the flyover.
Besides, the PWD officials have also planned to lay down proper drainage lines along the highway.
According to officials of the PWD, this project would be completed in six months at an estimated budget of Rs 4 crore. The department has already floated the tenders that would be open on July 23.
A flyover had been constructed on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway more than a year back to facilitate safer and faster road journey for the commuters.
XEN PWD (Central Work Division, Ropar) Karnail Singh stated that the project has been approved by the Central government. The paper work has been completed and the department concerned has been asked to submit their cost estimates. The department has already written to the forest department for removing the trees on either side of the highway.
“We have also deposited the money to the electricity department to shift the power lines and polls, wherever they come in the track of the service roads,” Karnail Singh added.
He said the drainage work would also begin along with other work. The drainage lines from the UT barrier to the flyover would be connected to Sukna choe drains.
Karnail Singh stated that the encroachments along the highways would be removed soon. After the completion of the project, the roads would be re-carpeted again and all illegal medians on the stretch would be closed down with iron grills. He said the problem of sales tax barrier where trucks were parked along the highway would be partially solved after the completion of the service roads.
“Tenders for the project have been floated and the work on service roads and drainage lines would be started in the first week of August,” he added.
Sales tax barrier problem
Commuters on the Chandigarh-Zirakpur highway face traffic jam and bottlenecks at the sales tax barrier, especially during the office hours in morning and evening. They demanded that the sales tax barrier should be shifted immediately to some other open place
2 comments:
Bhaiji pehlan jehdiya sarkan ne oh tan theek kara lao zirakpur ch already baniya hoiya ne.. naale gud work.. no explicit content now :p
Bhaiji pehlan jediya sarkan baniya hoyin ne oh tan theek kara lao.. naale gud work.. no explixit content now :p
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