AAP MLAs inaugurate project to reconstruct Cremation Ground road in Ludhiana

AAP MLA (Atam Nagar) Kulwant Singh Sidhu and MLA (Ludhiana West) Gurpreet Gogi inaugurated the project and said the road from Ishmeet Singh Chowk to Gill Road Grain Market in Ludhiana would be constructed at a cost of ₹2.14-crore

AAP MLA (Atam Nagar) Kulwant Singh Sidhu and MLA (Ludhiana West) Gurpreet Gogi inaugurated a project to reconstruct the Cremation Ground road in Model Town extension on Monday. It is pertinent here to mention that half of the work was completed by the contractor last year and the rest was kept on hold due to dip in temperature. The legislators said under this project, the road from Ishmeet Singh Chowk to Gill Road Grain Market would be constructed at a cost of ₹2.14-crore. MLA (Ludhiana South) Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina also inaugurated a project to reconstruct Star road in her constituency on Sunday evening. The 2-km-long stretch of road will be recarpeted at a cost of ₹1.6-crore.

MLA Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina inaugurates a road repair work in South constituency in Ludhiana on June 06, 2022. (HT PHOTO)

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