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Ludhiana: Railways portion of RUB-2 to be completed by Aug 31
The minster said the construction of the approach road towards the rail underbridge will start within this week
Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Thursday said that the railways portion of the Pakhowal Road rail underbridge (RUB)-2 will be completed by August 31 and the construction of the approach road will start within this week. The RUB-2 will be used by vehicles coming along the Sidhwan Canal and going towards Sarabha Nagar (near skating rink).
Ashu visited the construction site and was accompanied by mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana Improvement Trust chairman Raman Balasubramaniam, MC councillor Mamta Ashu, MC commissioner Pardeep Kumar Sabharwal, deputy chief engineer (construction division) of the Northern Railways Williamjit Singh and other senior MC officials. He said that the senior officials of railways department have assured that they will complete their part of the RUB-2 by August 31, 2021.
Singh said that during the second Covid wave, the construction work got delayed as there was no supply of oxygen cylinders that are needed to cut steel.
Ashu added that the construction of the railway over bridge and RUB-1 are also on in full swing.
The construction of an ROB and two RUBs on Pakhowal Road have been a long pending demand of residents. This joint project is worth around ₹120 crore and will provide much-needed respite from traffic congestion.
Buddha Nullah rejuvenation project to get shot in the arm
Water resources minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria will kick start the work of releasing 200 cusecs of fresh water through Neelon Drain of Sirhind Canal into the Budha Nullah on Sunday, Ashu said.
He added that this work is part of the Punjab Government’s ambitious ₹650-crore Budha Dariya rejuvenation project. He said the entire project will be over by December 2022.
He said that the project has been initiated to check the free fall of domestic water into the Budha Nullah throughout its entire length 14-km passing through municipal limits and ensure only treated water flows into the stream.
Ashu said that the project includes setting up of two new sewage treatment plants (STPs) for treating domestic waters with total capacity of 285 MLD (Jamalpur, 225 MLD and Balloke, 60 MLD), rehabilitation of existing STPs with a treatment capacity of 418 MLD, two effluent treatment plants (ETPs) for treatment of six MLD wastewater from two dairy complexes in Tajpur and Haibowal, six intermediate pumping stations and laying of 10-km pipelines.
