Saturday, January 29, 2011

Ludhiana-Sangrur road to be completed by April



CHANDIGARH(PUNJAB): The World Bank-aided upgradation of Kharar-Banur-Tepla and Ludhiana-Malerkotla-Sangrur roads would be completed by April this year. A World Bank delegation is on a visit to Punjab to monitor the ongoing World Bank-aided road projects in the state.



Punjab\'s public works minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa said on Friday that during the first phase of World Bank\'s Rs 1,500-crore project, about 150 km of upgradation, 200 km of rehabilitation and 350 km of periodic maintenance at a cost of Rs 700 crore has already been completed. The project is the largest ever road sector project undertaken in the state in which 900 km of roads will be improved in a phased manner.



Presiding over a two-day international conference on \"Output and Performance based on Road Contracts (OPRC),\" Dhindsa said that Phase 2 of the project envisages to take up more road network on OPRC basis for 10 years. The first such contract of 200 km road network involving Rs 700 crore is being finalised for which bid documents have already been submitted to the World Bank for approval. Work on the project is likely to start by August 2011, said Dhindsa.



OPRC is relatively a new concept designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of road operations in the state. Under this system, the contractor is paid for the output of works carried out to pre-defined standards and his performance to ensure certain quality level on the road network for certain duration of time.



Read more: Ludhiana-Sangrur road to be completed by April - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ludhiana-Sangrur-road-to-be-completed-by-April-/articleshow/7382044.cms#ixzz1CPwkZy14
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