Railways floats tender for construction of RoB and two RUBs on Pakhowal road rail crossing
Construction work on portion to be constructed under Ludhiana Smart City Project already underway
cityairnews
Feb 4, 2020 01:23
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Ludhiana: In a good news for the city residents, the Northern Railways have floated the tenders for the construction of railways part of the much awaited construction work of the Rail Over Bridge (ROB) and two Rail Under Bridges (RUBs) on Pakhowal Road, Ludhiana. Whereas the work of the portions to be constructed under the Ludhiana Smart City Project is already underway since November 2019.
The construction of a Rail Over Bridge (ROB) and two Rail Under Bridges (RUB’s) on Pakhowal Road has been a long pending demand of the city residents. This joint project is worth around Rs 120 crore and would provide much-needed respite from traffic congestion to the city residents.
Punjab Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Minister Punjab Mr Bharat Bhushan Ashu said that now that the Railways has also floated tenders for this project, the construction of the portion to be constructed by railways is expected to commence shortly. He further informed that this project includes the construction of a Rail Over Bridge (ROB) and two Rail Under Bridges (RUB) at Pakhowal Road Railway crossing.
He informed that the ROB would be 839.83 meters in length and would be constructed from Sidhwan Canal side towards Hero Bakery side, along Pakhowal Road over existing Railway Track, the RUB 1 would be 458.20 metres in length (from Hero Bakery side towards Sidhwan Canal side, along Pakhowal Road under existing Railway Track), whereas the RUB 2 would be 1018.46 metres in length (from Ishmeet Road towards Rotary Club Road and Ferozepur Road & Ishmeet Road towards Pakhowal Road).
Mr Ashu said that this project would prove beneficial for area residents who currently suffer due to traffic congestion on Pakhowal Road. He said that this project was one of the main promises that he had made with the residents of Ludhiana (West) constituency and he would personally supervise it.
Mr Bharat Bhushan Ashu assured that all this project would be completed within the set time frame as he has been reviewing its progress on daily basis.
