Rs. 944 crore for road network in Haryana

  • 10/07/2008

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

CHANDIGARH: While speeding up activity to further strengthen and improve the network of roads in Haryana, the State Public Works (Building and Roads) Department has allotted 12 more works involving an investment of Rs.944.23 crore, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Tuesday. Other projects He further disclosed that 15 other projects involving an investment of Rs.82.05 crore had either been completed or were nearing completion. Mr. Hooda said these projects included four-laning, widening and strengthening of the Gurgaon-Nuh Rajasthan border road, Hodal-Nuh-Pataudi-Patauda road and Jhajjar-Farukh Nagar-Gurgaon road. The construction of a two-lane Rail Over Bridge (ROB) at Taraori on the Delhi-Ambala railway line crossing in Karnal district Karnal would involve an expenditure of Rs.22 crore. Similarly, construction of a two-lane ROB at Samalkha on the Delhi-Ambala railway line crossing in Panipat district would also cost Rs.22 crore. Another ROB would be constructed on the Rewari-Bhatinda railway line in Sirsa town on National Highway-10, he added. Mr. Hooda said widening and upgrading of Rai Nahra Bahadurgarh road, improvement of Jhajjar-Jahazgarh-Chhuchhakwas Dadri road, Rohtak-Kharkhoda Delhi border, Sampla-Jhajjar road, Murthal-Sonepat road and Sonepat-Kharkhoda-Sampla road had also been taken up.