Friday 25 September 2015

      Land bank of 3000 acres to be created on Chandigarh Highway

                                             Sukhbir Singh Badal

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal presiding over a high level meeting to review the status of incoming projects  and functioning of Punjab Investment Promotion Board in his office at Chandigarh on Tuesday.
Chandigarh, June 17, 2014: Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister, Punjab today asked the Chief Secretary to create a suitable land bank of at least of 3000 acres on Chandigarh-Ambala National Highway with a view to cater the needs of investors for setting up of new ventures.
Reviewing the status of incoming projects to the state and functioning of Punjab Investment Promotion Board, the Deputy CM asked the Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal to create a land bank near Dera Bassi with inbuilt 4/6 lane roads along with other basic amenities. Badal said Punjab would also create adequate land banks in different areas of the State to facilitate investors for setting up of new ventures.
Focusing on the new areas of investment, Badal said Punjab would concentrate on 7 areas and take investment promotion in these areas as a mission. He said these areas were Garment Exporting, Electronics Hardware, Bio Sciences, Food Processing, IT, Pharma and Auto Parts/Automobile. He said  hubs in these areas would be developed in New Chandigarh, Mohali and at few other places. He said  he would personally visit to the top players of these sectors to convince them for invest in Punjab as we have a plethora of incentives, facilities and dedicated teams for cooperation and liaison.
Badal also disclosed that Punjab was contemplating creating a cluster related to garments at Ludhiana, which would generate opportunities of employment pushing state forward in this area.
 The Deputy CM also informed the meeting that they were contemplating to setup Regional Offices for Investment Promotion to make the provision of services easier. He said the new offices may be introduced at Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Bathinda.
 The Deputy CM also emphasized that before hosting second investment promotion summit there would be a feedback session to know the hindrances on the part of government, if any, being faced by the investors. He said that next summit would showcase the achievements of Investment Vision of Punjab and implementation of policies in true spirit.
Badal also asked the concerned officers to hold discussions with top IT, education and pharma players of the country to apprise the reasons and benefits to invest in Punjab. Mr. Badal said IT, Edu and Medi cities in new Chandigarh would be developed as most planned city with the availability of world class infrastructure and ultra modern amenities. He said these cities would be established on the lines of top world universities, pharma centers and IT hubs.  He also asked them to convene a meeting with top players so he can personally convey them why Punjab is ideal state for investment.
Prominent amongst those present in the meeting included Sarvesh Kaushal, Chief Secretary, D.P. Reddy, Financial Commissioner Taxation, Anirudh Tewari, CEO Investment Promotion, A.Venu Prasad, Secretary Housing, Karan Avtar Singh, Principal Secretary Industries, P.S. Aujla, Principal Secretary to Deputy CM, Manvesh Singh Sindu and Rahul Tewari, both Special Principal Secretaries to Deputy CM.

Thursday 24 September 2015

Punjab Chief Minister Seeks Inclusion of Anandpur-Talwandi-Nanded Road in National Highways

NEW DELHI (August 30, 2015)—Chief Minister of Punjab, Parkash Badal met the Union Transport and Highway Minister Nitin Gadkari to appeal him to include 1786.12 km of Guru Gobind Singh road connecting Sri Anadpur Sahib-Sabo Ki Talwandi-Nanded in National highways. He also urged him to develop this road into four lanes. Chief Minsiter informed Gadkari that 1294.35 km of this pathway is already included in National highways.Nitin Gadkari promised the Punjab Chief Minister that he will take his request up with the concerned authorities of other seven states in which this road passes through.  Chief Secretary Gagandeep Singh Brar, Additional Chief Secretary (PWD) N.S Kalsi and Member of National Highway authority India Sri Satish Chandra was also present on this occasion.

   Sukhbir calls on Gadkari,deadlines fixed for road projects

Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday fixed the deadlines for various major road projects in Punjab during a meeting with deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and asked the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to initiate the process to rechristen Banga-Garhsankhar-Anandpur Sahib road as a national highway (NH).

During the meeting held in New Delhi, Sukhbir discussed the status of various pending road projects in the state with the Union minister, including 4/6-laning of the Chandigarh-Kharar-Ludhiana section of NH-95, strengthening of the Amritsar bypass (NH-1) up to Attari border, maintenance of Rupnagar-Phagwara road, widening and strengthening of Banga-Garhshankar-Anandpur Sahib, elevated road project in Ludhiana from Samrala Chowk to Ludhiana MC limit (NH-95) and construction of five overbridges.
Badal informed Gadkari that the NHAI had re-submitted the proposal for the Chandigarh-Ludhiana road project to the ministry on March 26 after attending to all observations. On the request of the deputy CM, the Union minister asked the officers concerned to award construction work till July 31.
On the issue of widening and strengthening of Banga-Garhshankar-Anandpur Sahib road, Sukhbir stressed that this major road was connecting religious and historical towns of Anandpur Sahib in Punjab and Naina Devi in Himachal Pradesh, where devotees from all over India pay obeisance at sacred places throughout the year, especially during Navratras, Hola Mohalla and Baisakhi. The Punjab government has already submitted the proposal to widen this 60.94-km road at a cost of Rs 125 crore. The Union minister asked the NHAI chief engineer to submit the proposal at the earliest to declare this road as NH.
Gadkari also assured Sukhbir that work on the elevated road project of about 12.3 km in Ludhiana from Samrala Chowk to Ludhiana MC limit (NH-95) would also be awarded before September this year as the consultant would submit the DPR (detailed project report) to the NHAI by May 30.
Discussing the construction of new overbridges on various national highways in the state, including the one at Amritsar along with HBL over adjoining UBDC (Upper Bari Doab Canal), Faridkot, Kotkapura, Bathinda and Barnala at an approximate cost of Rs 250 crore, the deputy CM pleaded the Union minister to direct the bridge section of the Union ministry to construct all five overbridges during 2015-16. Gadkari assured to start construction at Amritsar and Bathinda overbridges by June as the DPR for both these projects have been submitted, whereas the remaining overbridges would be constructed after October.
Chandigarh, Union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari on Friday fixed the deadlines for various major road projects in Punjab during a meeting with deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and asked the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to initiate the process to rechristen Banga-Garhsankhar-Anandpur Sahib road as a national highway (NH).

 Sukhbir Singh Badal launches  highway patrol fleet in Punjab
A new highway patrol fleet comprising 50 motorcycles equipped with GPS, wireless system and mobile phones to regulate the flow of traffic was today launched by Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.Badal said these motorcycles would patrol 534 km of national highways in the state from Shambhu to Jalandhar, Jalandhar to Amritsar and Jalandhar to Pathankot, besides roads connecting these highways to airports at Amritsar and SAS Nagar.On the occasion, Punjab DGP PS Gill gave a brief account of initiatives undertaken to ensure road security during the last three years, including constitution of road safety council headed by the chief minister.

Wednesday 23 September 2015

Punjab Deputy CM 

Sukhbir Singh Badal 

finalises projects worth 

Rs 6,000 crore for basic 

amenities...!











CHANDIGARH: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today finalised projects worth Rs 6,000 crore to ensure basic amenities across the state. 

Badal finalsied these projects during a meeting with senior officials of companies including Larsen & Toubro Limited, Shapoorji Pallonji Group here, said an official release. 

Badal said the project should be completed within next one and half year. "It should be ensured that all amenities are made available and opera .. 


            Another man in Ropar falls prey to bus owned: 

By Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal
Another person on Thursday fell prey to a bus owned by Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal's transport company, after it hit the scooter in which the victim was travelling.
According to sources, bus number PB-03V-1900 hit the two-wheeler at Solkhia Toll Plaza, on the Chandigarh-Ropar Highway, and dragged him upto 50 metres. The deceased who was identified as Swarn Singh died on the spot. The driver fled the scene soon after the incident. 
The family members along with locals blocked the highway and demanded that an FIR be lodged against the errant bus driver and the transport company.