Nitin Gadkari wants Ambala road works expedited

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 4

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has directed the authorities concerned to expedite the pending projects concerning the ministry in Ambala.

This was conveyed during his meeting with Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Social Justice Rattan Lal Kataria.

Kataria met Gadkari regarding infrastructure projects pertaining to Ambala Lok Sabha constituency which is represented by him (Kataria).

The projects that figured during the discussions include Ambala-Chandigarh Express Highway Greenfield Projects Shamli-Ambala Greenfield Project, Saha-Shahabad, Yamunanagar-Karera Khurd overbridge, Ambala Shastri Nagar vehicular overpass (VOP), Zirakpur-Panchkula bypass, bridge linking Panchkula Sector 20 and Sector 12, Surajpur bypass and Baddi-Pinjore projects.

Kataria told mediapersons after the meeting that he also thanked Gadkari for giving approval to the Ambala Ring Road Project.

“With this road, Ambala Cantt and Ambala City will get rid of heavy traffic coming from Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh,” Kataria said.

Kataria suggested to Gadkari that as Delhi, Gurugram and Faridabad are densely populated and witness traffic congestion, Ambala — at a distance of 200 km from Delhi — could be developed as a transport hub for these five states.

Kataria also thanked Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar for approving the Ambala Ring Road Project and invited him for its ‘Bhoomi poojan’.