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Ludhiana : There’s good news for city residents as the much-awaited Lakkar Bridge will be complete in the next five months. PWD Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon today claimed that all formalities have been completed and the project would be ready by December 31.Dhillon blamed the Union government for causing unnecessary delay in the completion of the project. He claimed that the project was being funded by the state government and not even a single penny had been received from the Centre government.Accompanied by Deputy Chief Engineer of the Railways SK Sharma, Additional Commissioner of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation Ajay Sood, Superintending Engineer of the Public Works Department VS Dhindsa, Superintending Engineer of the MC HS Khosa and other officials, Sharanjit Singh Dhillon visited the Lakkar Bridge project site this afternoon.Speaking to The Tribune today, the minister claimed that the Railways had given permission to the state government and the project would be complete by December 31.“It will be a New Year gift for city residents who had been awaiting the completion of the project since long. I must clarify that the project got delayed due to the failure of the Railways in giving permission for some works. The up ramp and down ramp of the project have already been completed within the stipulated timeframe by the state government and now only a part of the project which is to be constructed on the railway land is left. Now that we have got permission from the Railways, this part will also be constructed by December 31,” claimed Dhillon.