Ludhiana Industry demands Retro Fitting of GT Road at Sherpur Chowk, Ludhiana (NH -1 Ludhiana) from Union Transport & Highway Minister

Ludhiana, August 6, 2018: Today, delegation of industry under the Chairmanship of S.Onkar Singh Pahwa Chairman Avon Cycles & Patron-in-Chief FICO along with Shri Shwait Malik Member Parliament Rajya Sabha, S.Gurmeet Singh Kular President FICO and Shri Ravinder Arora District President BJP Ludhiana met Shri Nitin Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways Government of India at Parliament House New Delhi, and requested for Revival of Construction Work of NH-44 in Ludhiana.

The delegation explained how the Construction work of Panipat-Jalandhar Link of National Highway-1 , has been stuck for years in Ludhiana, especially near Sherpur Chowk, the work has been stuck since three years. Due to construction work, the Slip roads are the prime road for the movement in Ludhiana. Ludhiana is a Manchester of India & Major Industrial Town of Punjab and connecting it though a slip road to the city will be the biggest blunder for the industrial city.

Moreover Ludhiana city have not been provided with any Entry & Exit point on each side of the National Highway -1 GT Road. For instance, at the Cancer Hospital Chowk, there is no proposed Entry/ Exit Point to/ from National Highway, as when the National Highway starts, there won’t be a link for the local traffic to move, the delegation demanded that there should be intercity connectivity road from Samrala Chowk to Sherpur Chowk and Back.

The delegation also demanded new flyover to connect the sharper side (South of NH) & Focal Point (North of NH). Also it has been demanded to build a cycle track on Sherpur side for few thousands safe commuting of workers from various industries as is done of Delhi Meerut Road.

Amongst Present were S. Onkar Singh Pahwa Patron in Chief FICO, S. Gurmeet Singh Kular President FICO, Shri Rajeev Jain Secretary FICO, Sh. Gurdev Sharma, K B Thakur Secretary General AICMA.