Centre to convert Pb stretch of Delhi-Amritsar-Katra e-way to greenfield project

As the Central Government on Tuesday gave its go-ahead to convert Punjab stretch of the 575-kilometre-long Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway to Greenfield project, Punjab’s all prominent political parties — Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), and the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) — engaged in the credit war patting their own backs for being the first one to raise theissue.

While Punjab Chief Minister’s office issued a lengthy press statement claiming that the Centre’s decision came in agreement with the State Government’s proposal, the leaders of the SAD and BJP also issued separate press statements to score brownie points over the issue.