Centre told to name NH after Mata Gujri

Chandigarh, January 11

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today wrote to Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, asking him to rename National Highway-344A as Mata Gujri Marg.

In Fatehgarh Sahib last month, the Chief Minister had said that the proposal to declare the new national highway from Patiala to Panyali (on the Ropar-Phagwara road) via Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib-Bassi Pathana-Morinda as Mata Gujri Marg was submitted to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

In his letter to Gadkari, Capt Amarinder said the feasibility report and detailed project report (DPR) of the road was already in the process of preparation and would soon be submitted to him.

The towns of Sirhind, Fatehgarh Sahib and Chamkaur Sahib, which are of great importance in Sikh history, are located on this road. Mata Gujri, mother of Guru Gobind Singh, is revered for her legendary courage and supreme sacrifice. — PTI