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INDIAN STATE : PUNJAB
Economic Infrastructure
Roads
Punjab provides a very fine system of road transport.
A total of 54836-kilometer long roads pass through it.
Mettled roads link almost all villages of the state.
Its modern bus fleet of 3,511 buses covers a distance
of 1.05 million Kilometers per day. The state government
has also proposed to construct express highways and
free ways for speedier vehicular traffic. The Punjab
Government proposes to construct 50 ROBs and 3 Super
Bus Terminals (Jalandhar, Amritsar and Ludhiana) on
BOT basis. Projects have been taken in a big way for
the upgradation of Chandigarh-Ludhiana, Zirakpur-Patiala,
Ropar-Nawanshahar, Jagraon-Nakodar highway.
Villages connected by metalled roads, towns of adjoining
states and National Highways:
National Highway No.1:
Has four-laning halfway complete, passes through Punjab
from Ambala to Amritsar, links Punjab with Haryana,
J&K and Delhi.
National Highway No. 2:
(Ambala-Shimla), passing through Chandigarh and linking
Punjab with HP
Kilometers of National Highways:
1729 kms
Kilometers of Provincial Roads:
48660 Kms
Roads per 100 sq. kms:
118 km
Percentage of villages linked
with roads: 99.24
Highest Surface Length/100sq
Km: 95 Km
National Highways:
977 Kms
State Highways: 2166
Kms
Major District Roads:
1799 Kms
Other District Roads:
3340 Kms
Link Roads: 31657 Kms
Railways
A well-connected railway system exists in Punjab through
the network of Indian Railways. The main railway routes
passing through Punjab are:
- Amritsar-Ambala-Delhi
- Sriganganagar-Ambala-Delhi
- Ferozepur-Ludhiana-Ambala
- Pathankot-Rupnagar-Fatehgarh Sahib
- Sriganganagar-Bathinda-Narwana
Aviation
Punjab has well - connected airports at Chandigarh,
Amritsar & Ludhiana. It has air cargo complex at
Amritsar, inland container depot at Ludhiana, container
freight station at Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Amritsar and
container freight station at Bathinda, Rajpura.
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