Ring Road project: UT seeks 6-laning of Kurali-Siswan road
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Chandigarh: As part of the Ring Road project to decongest Chandigarh, the UT administration has sought six-laning of
Kurali-Siswan road
. In a recent meeting held under the aegis of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in Delhi, the construction of the ring road of the Chandigarh-Panchkula-Mohali urban agglomeration was discussed.
Different solutions being implemented and planned were deliberated upon for traffic decongestion.The UT administration proposed in the meeting that the road connecting Kurali and Siswan should be widened. The meeting was chaired by the secretary of road transport and highways (MoRTH) and attended by representatives of stakeholder states. The home secretary, UT Chandigarh, sought the upgrade of the 4-lane road from Kurali to Siswan into a 6-lane national highway."It is currently a non-standard 4-lane road under the Punjab govt and is being managed on a BOT basis. The MoRTH is ready to consider the upgradation of the project if the state govt decides to hand over the road to the NHAI," said an official. There are plans for a four-lane road connecting the Majri Chowk near New Chandigarh (on the Kurali-Siswan road) to the Baddi-Barotiwala region. A detailed project report (DPR) is being finalised for the project. The stretch is 18 kms long."The UT suggested that the entire stretch from Kurali to Siswan should be six-laned to decongest the traffic coming to Chandigarh from Himachal Pradesh and Punjab through New Chandigarh," said the official.RING ROAD FINALLY TAKING SHAPELong in the works, the ring road around Chandigarh is finally taking shape. A number of projects are either in the pre-implementation stage or already being implemented. The six-lane Ambala-Chandigarh greenfield corridor, 4-lane Pinjore-Baddi-Nalagarh road, four-laning of the Siswan-Baddi road, and six-lane Zirakpur bypass are the key ring road projects in the implementation and planning stages.The Ambala-Chandigarh greenfield project is under construction. It will be six-lane from Ambala with a 4-lane spur to Lalru (around 6 km) and a four-lane spur to PR-7 road (around 11 km) in Mohali. The estimated capital cost of the project is around Rs 1700 crore. The completion of the project is expected by the year-end."The greenfield project will decongest Zirakpur, Lalru, Mohali, and Chandigarh. Another node of the ring road, the Pinjore-Baddi-Nalagarh road project, is also under construction, with a capital cost of Rs 1700 crore. The completion of the project is expected to be mid-2026. The Pinjore bypass was recently made operational. The Pinjore-Baddi-Barotiwala road starts from the end of the Pinjore bypass," an official said.The 6-lane Zirakpur bypass got the nod of the Union Cabinet in April this year. It will start from the junction with NH-7 (Zirakpur-Patiala) and end at the junction with NH-5 (Zirakpur-Parwanoo) with a total length of 19.2 km. The total capital cost of the project is Rs 1878.31 crore. The primary purpose of the project is to ease congestion in Zirakpur, Panchkula, and surrounding areas by diverting traffic from Patiala, Delhi, Mohali Aerocity, and providing direct connectivity to Himachal Pradesh.BOX: OTHER MEASURES TO DECONGEST MAJOR BOTTLENECKSChandigarhIndustrial Area Chowk: Flyover-underpass-rotary. Re-tendering to be done for the project.Old Airport Light Point, Hallomajra Light Point, and Poultry Farm Chowk: Regional Office-Chandigarh, MORTH to prepare a detailed project report on priority to mitigate these congestion points.Zirakpur-MohaliAirport Chowk, Zirakpur: At-grade junction to be replaced with a 3-level interchange.IT City Chowk: At-grade junction to be replaced with a 3-level interchange.PanchkulaChandimandir: At-grade junction to be replaced with a 3-level interchange at the endpoint of the Zirakpur bypass. MSID:: 121167466 413 |
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