Pipeline, road work in Chandigarh villages to be completed in six months: Mayor

All works, including laying of sewer, storm and water pipelines and subsequent construction of roads in 13 villages, which were recently merged with the Municipal Corporation, are expected to be completed in the next six months.

Mayor Anup Gupta told the Chandigarh Tribune that the work of laying various pipelines in the villages was almost complete and would soon be inaugurated formally. The work road construction and paver blocks, wherever needed, would be carried out within six months.

The MC was given a special grant of Rs 102 crore by the UT Administration for various development works in the villages. Of it, Rs 17 crore has to be spent on the road works.