Expedite NH work: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to PWD officials

Chairing a review meeting of the Public Works Department (PWD), CM Bhagwant Mann today asked the officials concerned to start constructing the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra NH in a fast-track mode.

Mann said the 254-km-long highway would be built at a cost Rs 11,510 crore and would pass through nine districts — Jalandhar, Sangrur, Malerkotla, Patiala, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur. He asked the department to complete the work of mohalla clinics as per the August 15 deadline.