Punjab: 11-km stretch of key highway project down to three lanes

The long-delayed four-laning of the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur highway has hit another roadblock with an 11-km stretch of this project now set to be reduced to three lanes due to land possession problems caused by the 2016 land scam linked to the project.

Otherwise, the project involved 39-km road that had to be four-laned beginning from village Jandhusingha in Jalandhar to village Chohal in Hoshiarpur. Now, 11-km out of this will be a 10-metre wide road of three lanes instead of being 14-metres throughout.

The Central Work Public Department (CPWD) has revised the plan so that it does not stall the progress of already delayed project.