Within the extinguish, the distinguished-awaited facet road underbridge (RUB) at the Raipur Kalan-Harmilap Nagar stage-crossing in Baltana is anticipated to take into narrative the sunshine of day as the UT administration is determined to pay ₹6.40 crore to the railways. Per a letter of the UT chief engineer to the OSD to the Punjab governor and UT administrator, the topic changed into as soon as despatched to the finance division on February 25 for approval and further concurrence to deposit UT’s 50% fragment ( ₹6.40 crore) of the entire worth ( ₹12.80 crore) to the railway authority. UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria had earlier accorded his approval to deposit the UT’s fragment.
Hailing Kataria, Pratap Singh Rana, chairman of the Joint Motion Committee for Baltana residents, said, “Stuck for years, the file has now moved with out note. After the governor took show shroud of this topic, the administration has given priority to the process of releasing the funds.”
The Northern Railway had invited e-bids for the enchancment of the underbridge by a “regular pushing” methodology whereas put collectively operations continue on the road. The bids had been opened, nonetheless the work on the mission could no longer be started for desire of funds. After the fragment of the work, the mission must be carried out inside of 365 days.
A neat selection of residents of Raipur Kalan village, Mauli Jagran and Vikas Nagar in Chandigarh, Baltana, Zirakpur and Dhakoli in Mohali district, and Panchkula use this stage-crossing. The underbridge will give them respite from long traffic jams all over speed hour in the morning and night time hours.
