With the disbursal of land compensation to farmers of six villages today, a timeline has been fixed for the Rs 1,485-crore Ambala ring road project.
Of the total budget, Rs 600 crore is to be used to pay compensation to the farmers for 657 acres acquired in 30 villages and the rest will be spent on the construction of the 40.5-km ring road (of which about 39-km stretch falls in Ambala district) under the “Bharatmala Pariyojana”. Of the 30 villages, three villages belong to Punjab.
