Commercial and industrial projects worth Rs 20,000 crore were approved last week by the Punjab government. They include an eight-lane expressway, luxury train and IT tower. The projects were cleared at a meeting of Punjab Infrastructure Development Board. The expressway will connect Pathankot town with Rajasthan's sufi shrine city of Ajmer via Jalandhar, the luxury train will encircle Punjab's religious sites, and eight-lane ring roads around major cities of Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar.
Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal also approved an expressway connecting Mohali international airport with Amritsar, radio cabs in major towns, IT tower in Mohali near Chandigarh and modern bus stands in several places.