11042025-CT-01.qxd 4/11/2025 12:07 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune CITCO TO RUN MORE SOLAR BOATS IN SUKHNA LAKE UT TO HOLD FRESH AUCTION FOR 48 LIQUOR VENDS NUSHRATT: CHHORII CHANGED AUDIENCE PERCEPTION OF ME The corporation will operate solar-powered boats on monthly revenue-sharing basis. P3 Previous vend allottees failed to submit ~40-crore in bank guarantee to the Excise Department. P3 Actor Nushratt Bharuccha says her career took a significant turn with the 2021 horror film Chhorii. P4 » » CHANDIGARH Exhibition: “Abhivyakti, The Sound Of Heart”, Alliance Francaise, Sector 36, on till April 12, from 11 am to 7 pm Pracheen Kala Kendra’s 306th Monthly Baithak: Guitar recital by Manik Kohli on April 11 at 6:30 pm, ML Koser Indoor Auditorium, Sector 35-B /THETRIBUNECHD FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sec 24 & 46 P’kula: Sector 20 Mohali: Kumbhra Please send information about events in tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com POWER SHUTDOWN CHANDIGARH 6 am to 10 am: Parts of Sectors 20, 27, 29, 32 & 48, and Burail village 10 am to 12 noon: Parts of Sectors 50 10 am to 2 pm: Parts of Sectors 9, 23, 27, 28, 34, 42, 43, 48 and 52, Kirsan Colony, Darshani Bagh and parts of Mani Majra Town, Sector 38-West Land dispute stalled construction work at Jatana Uncha, Khant Manpur villages since 2020 Nitin Jain ~2,070-CRORE PROJECT Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 10 The Centre has approved the plan to construct two incomplete flyovers on the Chandigarh-Kharar-Ludhiana highway at a cost of Rs 27.3 crore. The development assumes significance as three flyovers on NH-05, connecting Chandigarh with Ludhiana, had been lying incomplete even five years after the completion of the 76-km project at a cost of Rs 2,100 crore in March 2020. While one of these three missing flyovers, which witness frequent fatal accidents and traffic jams, was completed recently, the two other flyovers are still incomplete. Approving the proposal sent by its Regional Officer (Punjab and Haryana), the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has allowed the change of scope proposal amounting to Rs 27.3 crore to build the remaining two missing links on the highway. Congress MP Dr Amar Singh, who represents the Fatehgarh Sahib constituency, in which both these missing flyovers fall, last month took up the issue with the IMPROVED CONNECTIVITY CRITICAL BLACKSPOTS The project provides alternative connectivity from Chandigarh to NH-1, as well as for traffic from South-West Punjab to Chandigarh. It has two major bridges, six minor ones, eight flyovers, six vehicular underpasses, 10 pedestrian underpasses, 126 culverts, 46-km service lane, nine major junctions and 8-km bypass at Samrala. The two incomplete links at Jatana Uncha and Khant Manpur have become traffic bottlenecks. The traffic from both sides is diverted on a single lane. These spots witness fatal accidents and traffic jams on a daily basis. “These areas are critical blackspots for the project and need expedited completion,” said NHAI officials. The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the widening (four to six lanes) of the Kharar-Ludhiana section of NH-05 on June 15, 2016. The NHAI awarded the work at Rs 2,069.7 crore, including cost of land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and other preconstruction activities, on September 5, 2016. The construction of 76-km KhararLudhiana section involved sixlaning of 54-km and fourlaning of 22-km stretch. Starting from Kharar town, the highway passes through Morinda bypass, Khamano town, Samrala bypass and terminates at Ludhiana city. tion was resolved recently after Arora took up the matter with the district administrations of Ludhiana and Fatehgarh Sahib and the NHAI officials. Sharing details, the NHAI officials told The Tribune on Thursday that three flyovers on the Kharar to Ludhiana NH-05, with a total length of 76.014-km, of which 74.284km was completed in March Sahib district, has also been handed over to the NHAI, with demolition of structures almost complete. “Since the issue has been resolved and the possession of requisite land taken over, the flyover at the Bhaini Sahib junction is already functional. Work on the rest of the black spots will also be completed by December,” said the Rajya Sabha MP . The incomplete flyovers on the Chandigarh-Kharar-Ludhiana highway at Khant Manpur and Jatana Uncha villages in Fatehgarh Sahib. Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, seeking early completion of both flyovers at Khant Manpur and Jatana Uncha . Responding to his communication, NHAI General Manager PN Gawasane intimated him that the competent authority has approved the construction of both missing flyovers at a cost of Rs 27.3 crore. The flyover at the Bhaini Sahib junction was completed and opened to traffic in January following a demand raised by Rajya Sabha MP from Ludhiana Sanjeev Arora. The unavailability of requisite land had left three minor stretches, with a length of less than 2-km, incomplete over five years back when the widening of the highway was completed. The issue of land acquisi- c m y b 2020, were de-scoped due to various litigations pertaining to land acquisition issues. One of these de-scoped segments at Katani Kalan in Ludhiana district has been cleared and work on it has been completed by the concessionaire. Besides, the land required for construction of two other stretches at Khant Manpur and Jatana Uncha, totalling 1.285-km in Fatehgarh MAX 39°C | MIN 24°C YESTERDAY MAX 38.9°C | MIN 24.1°C SUNRISE SATURDAY 6.00 AM Centre okays ~27 crore for two incomplete flyovers on Chandigarh-Ludhiana highway WHAT’S ON PARTLY CLOUDY SKY SUNSET FRIDAY 6.46 PM » FRIDAY | 11 APRIL 2025 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST Panchkula man killed in accident Tribune News Service Dera Bassi, April 10 A 37-year-old biker died after being hit by a tractor-trailer on the Dera Bassi-Ramgarh road this morning. The victim, Sumit Sharma, a resident of Panchkula, was an accountant with a private company in Lalru. He was going to his office around 8:30 am when a tractor-trailer hit him from behind near Mubarikpur. The driver fled the spot leaving behind the vehicle. Sumit is survived by his wife and four-year-old son. The police handed over the body to the victim’s kin after a post-mortem examination at the Dera Bassi subdivisional hospital. Sec 26 restaurant sealed for violation Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 10 The enforcement wing of the UT Estate Office today sealed a restaurant, Boulevard, in Sector 26 over violations of the building bylaws. The owner had constructed a roof over the open area at the rear of the restaurant. Officials said a notice was earlier issued to the restaurant, but it failed to remove the violation within the stipulated period.