DW BUREAU / Ludhiana Sanjeev Arora, MP (Rajya Sabha) met the newly appointed chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) 1995 batch IAS officer Santosh Kumar Yadav of UP Cadre in Delhi today and discussed in detail about the NHAI issues related to Punjab and particularly to Ludhiana. Giving this information here in a statement here, Arora said while taking up pending issues regarding NHAI in Ludhiana he drew attention of the chairman towards a matter of public importance with respect to inconvenience faced by public and commuters at large due to pending projects of NHAI in and around Ludhiana. Arora sought speedy completion of Sherpur Bypass pending work stating that the pending project is really creating trouble for commuters daily as it takes almost 30 minutes to cross 500 meters patch. He also apprised the chairman that construction of 4 bridges across Sidhwan Canal towards South City in Ludhiana is yet to see the day of light for which application is pending with NHAI from long. He requested the chairman to personally look into the matter and do the needful. Further, Arora apprised the NHAI chairman that Ludhiana being one of biggest industrial cities in the country and with over 5 million population the traffic situation gets chaotic due to pending projects. He, therefore, requested to direct the concerned officials to speed-up the pending projects in and around Ludhiana. Arora also took up the matter related to expedition of NHAI work in Ludhiana. While appreciating work being done, he drew the chairman's attention towards matters which he said needs immediate intervention. He apprised the chairman that the traffic situation within the corporation limits of Ludhiana MC is in bad shape on account of ongoing NHAI projects passing through the city. (editor@dailyworld.in)