Chandigarh, June 25

To facilitate transportation of farm produce to mandis, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today approved Rs 1,122 crore for repair of 8,198 km stretch of link roads and directed the Mandi Board to complete the project by March 2022.

The allocation was made under the “Link Road Repair Programme 2021-22 (Phase-IV)”, aimed at strengthening rural infrastructure in the state. Giving details of the link roads/culverts and bridges constructed since April 2017, Mandi Board secretary Ravi Bhagat said of the total 64,878 km length of link roads in the state, repair/upgrade of 34,977 km stretch had been completed in three phases at a cost of Rs 4,112 crore. In addition, 1,507 culverts/bridges were being upgraded at a cost of Rs 389 crore. — TNS