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Punjab to spend Rs318 cr more on ROBs, RUBs by railgenie on 25 January, 2013 - 09:00 AM
avatar railgenie Punjab to spend Rs318 cr more on ROBs, RUBs on 25 January, 2013 - 09:00 AM

Punjab Government has decided to construction 14 more railway over Bridges (ROBs) and railway under bridges (RUBs) in the State, to improve the road connectivity. For the purpose, it has set aside Rs318 crore.

The work on nine under construction ROBs or RUBs are set to be completed and they would be dedicated to the people of Punjab within next two months, disclosed state Minister for Public Works Department (PWD) Sharanjit Singh Dhillon.

Dhillon said that the Government has given its principal approval to 14 new ROBs, RUBs after a comprehensive survey of the traffic density on all national and state highways and after identifying

bottlenecks.

Giving details of planned ROBs and RUBs, Dhillon said that an endeavor has been made to construct ROBs, RUBs in Malwa, Doaba and Majha regions of the state as per immediate requirement of

each region.

He said that 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).