The Union government has planned to spend ₹7,205 crore to remove traffic bottlenecks by realigning key highways in Punjab under the National Highway Development Project (NHDP).
Official privy to the development said that under phase-1 of the ambitious Bharatmala Pariyojana —- a centrally-sponsored and funded road and highways project — 223km area will be covered for building bypasses across the state. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has drawn up a proposal to finish work for decongesting eight identified highways in the state.
Officials said the project is aimed at strengthening the existing NH infrastructure by rectifying accident black spots to make driving safer. “Various spots have been identified on NHs that require traffic management solutions.
