‘Landran junction to be 4-laned’

Tribune News Service

Mohali, May 24

Health and Family Welfare Minister and Mohali MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu today took stock of the ongoing road construction project at Landran junction.

Sidhu directed the Public Works Department to speed up the work as construction activity had come to a halt during the lockdown imposed in the wake of the Covid-19.

He said the 800-metre section of two-and-a-half km Landran junction will be four-laned at a cost of Rs25.33 crore.

He said thousands of commuters use this road to reach Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The minister said scores of devotees also use this route to pay obeisance at Fatehgarh Sahib.

Sidhu said the road from Mohali to Landran would be completed soon and beautification work on 28-km Mohali to Sirhind stretch has begun on war footing.

Sidhu said Mohali offers world class infrastructure and as a result, multinational companies are heading to set up their base in the district. He said this would further increase employment opportunites.

While lauding the district administration and the Health Department to make Mohali Covid-19 free, he said prompt decisions taken by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh resulted in keeping Covid under check.