Bhoomi poojan ceremony performed
Chandigarh Tribune
Zirakpur, February 17: The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Major-General B. C. Khanduri (retd), today performed the bhoomi poojan ceremony for the four-laning of the Ambala-Chandigarh road (NH-22) from km 5.6 to km 40 up to junction with NH-21 under the Pradhanmantri Bharat Jodo Pariyojana (PMBJP).
The brief bhoomi poojan ceremony held by the side of the busy highway was attended, among others, by the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of UT, Chandigarh, Justice O. P. Verma (retd), Punjab Minister for PWD, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, local MLA and former Minister, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, sitting MP from Ambala, Mr R.K. Kataria, and former Chandigarh MP, Mr Satyapal Jain. ...
... Speaking on the occasion, Maj-Gen Khanduri said that the Chandigarh-Ambala road was being widened under the PMBJP which envisaged construction of 10,000 km of national highways at a cost of Rs 40, 000 crore. He was sure that the widening of the road would give a fillip to the trade and commerce to the region as a whole because it was being used by vehicles from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh as well as Chandigarh. ...
Chandigarh Tribune
Zirakpur, February 17: The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Major-General B. C. Khanduri (retd), today performed the bhoomi poojan ceremony for the four-laning of the Ambala-Chandigarh road (NH-22) from km 5.6 to km 40 up to junction with NH-21 under the Pradhanmantri Bharat Jodo Pariyojana (PMBJP).
The brief bhoomi poojan ceremony held by the side of the busy highway was attended, among others, by the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of UT, Chandigarh, Justice O. P. Verma (retd), Punjab Minister for PWD, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, local MLA and former Minister, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, sitting MP from Ambala, Mr R.K. Kataria, and former Chandigarh MP, Mr Satyapal Jain. ...
... Speaking on the occasion, Maj-Gen Khanduri said that the Chandigarh-Ambala road was being widened under the PMBJP which envisaged construction of 10,000 km of national highways at a cost of Rs 40, 000 crore. He was sure that the widening of the road would give a fillip to the trade and commerce to the region as a whole because it was being used by vehicles from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh as well as Chandigarh. ...
