With the growing number of traffic volume, the new road network is in the offing in Mohali district. The district administration claims that with the new roads, the traffic issue will be eased out. With the new roads, the focus is on connectivity with industrial towns. The construction has started for some projects and land acquisition process is underway. The package-I which starts from Ambala-IT City Chowk is within the jurisdiction of NHAI, PIU-Ambala. The projects are within the jurisdiction of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)-Chandigarh. However, land acquisition work is being looked after by the District Revenue Officer (DRO). With the construction of these projects, the administration claims that the issue of traffic on Kharar-Banur-Tepla Section and in Zrakpur area will be resolved as the traffic of existing stretch will be diverted on the said new greenfield / brownfield highways. The new proposed greenfield alignment will cater to the entire traffic coming from Ambala for Roopnagar-Sri Anandpur Sahib-Manali. Further, Zirakpur bypass will cater to all the traffic plying between Mohali and Panchkula. Apart from the above, various other greenfield alignments have also been sanctioned by the NHAI to decongest the traffic on the existing national highways in Mohali and Ropar districts and to facilitate the long route traffic. Deputy Commissioner Aashika Jain said the construction work is in full swing and will be completed in a stipulated time period. The DC added that the land is being acquired and at some projects the work is going on at a pace. Major road networks coming up in district Development of Memmadpur (Ambala) - Banur (IT City Chowk) – Kharar (Chandigarh) Corridor under Bharatmala Pariyojana - Package-I- 6-laning of IT City Chowk to Kurali Chandigarh Road. The road is around 31.23 km and is being developed in engineering procurement and construction mode. This project will cost around Rs 941.58 crore. A letter of award was issued on December 14 last year. The six-lane access controlled greenfield highway of Mohali-Sirhind road under Bharatmala Pariyojna Phase-II. The 27.3 km road project will cost around Rs 679 crore. The pre-construction of the road had been underway. Construction of four/six lane greenfield Ludhiana-Ropar National Highway No. NH-205K from Junction with NE-5 near to Manewal village (Ludhiana) to Junction with NH-205 near Bheora village in Ropar, including spur to Kharar with Ludhiana bypass under Bharatmala Pariyojana in hybrid annuity mode. The road comes under Package-3. The 43.2-km-long road will cost around Rs 1,107 crore. The construction of the road is underway. Six-lane Zirakpur bypass starting from junction with Chandigarh – Rajpura - Patiala NH-07 and ending at junction with Zirakpur – Parwanoo (NH-05) along with connector between Yamunanagar – Panchkula NH-344 and NH-05 under Bharatmala Pariyojna. The 19-km road will cost around Rs 1,315 crore. The detailed project report (DPR) is being prepared.
