Ludhiana's Sherpur Chowk ROB Likely To Open For Traffic By Feb-End

The NHAI chairman informed AAP MP Sanjeev Arora that the under-construction Sherpur Chowk Road over bridge in Ludhiana is nearing completion.

New Delhi: An under-construction Sherpur Chowk Road over bridge (ROB) in Punjab's Ludhiana is nearing its completion and will likely be opened for traffic by end of this month. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) chairman Santosh Kumar Yadav informed the same to AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) chairman Santosh Kumar Yadav in an official letter.

The NHAI chairman’s letter dated February 10, 2023, was in response to Sanjeev Arora’s letter dated January 5, 2023, in which he had taken up the issue of pending works relating to Sherpur Bypass and construction of bridges across Sidhwan Canal in Ludhiana.

Arora on Friday said the NHAI chairman in his letter informed him that “the matter has been examined by NHAI and it is to inform that the construction of ROB at km 311 of NH-44 (Sherpur Chowk) is nearing completion and likely to be opened for traffic by 28.02.2023. Further, the proposal for construction of 4 bridges across the Sidhwan Canal on Laddowal Bypass is also under consideration.”

On January 5, the AAP MP had met the NHAI chairman and submitted a letter related to the pending works in Ludhiana city. He had apprised the NHAI chairman that a great inconvenience was being faced to the public and commuters at large due to pending projects of NHAI in and around Ludhiana.

Sanjeev Arora said that he had sought speedy completion of the Sherpur Bypass pending work stating that the pending project was really creating trouble for commuters daily as it took almost 30 minutes to cross 500 meters patch.

He had also apprised the NHAI chairman that the construction of four bridges across the Sidhwan Canal towards South City in Ludhiana were yet to see the day of light. The application for their construction was pending with NHAI for long, he mentioned.

Arora had requested the chairman to personally look into the matter and do the needful.

“I am thankful to the NHAI chairman Santosh Kumar Yadav for considering my requests in the larger public interest”, the Rajya Sabha MP said.

He stressed that people would feel a sigh of relief once the ongoing construction of ROB is completed and this route is opened for vehicular traffic.

He also thanked the NHAI chairman for considering the proposal of constructing four bridges across the Sidhwan Canal on Laddowal Bypass.

The AAP leader said that locals in Ludhiana have been raising a strong demand for the construction of these four bridges for quite a while.