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Best
Infrastructure in India:
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Infrastructure rating
by Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy of Punjab is
191.4 against the national average of 100 |
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Highest
per capita consumption of power in India -- 806 kWh,
About 2 times the national average. Even then the
State Government is not complacent and keeping the
expected increase in demand in view has taken major
decision to expedite the new power projects. 500 MW
Power Plant has been awarded to a private company
which will operate it on BOO basis. Two units of Guru
Hargobind Thermal Plant of 210 MW each have been commissioned
and it has been banned to further expand this thermal
plant with two more units and 452.4 MW will be available
from Ranjit Sagar Dam & 168 MW has been planned
from it in Shahpurkandi.. Besides that State Government
is encouraging captive power generation by industry. |
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Excellent
network of 1000 Km of National highways, out of which
around 200 km of best 6 lane road with grade separation,
and 95 km road length per sq km of area is highest
in India. |
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A
big network of State highways and rural link roads
making all villages approachable by all weather road |
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Well
connected to all parts of India by fast speed trains |
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Connected
to New Delhi by 4 pairs of high speed Shatabdi trains(3
hours from Chandigarh. 4 hours from Ludhiana) |
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Dense
telecommunications network: even small villages have
ISD connections |
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Airports
at Chandigarh, Amritsar and Ludhiana |
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Cities
of Punjab provides best of big and small cities. All
facilities of metro available without congestion and
pollution, small and well planned residential colonies
of Amritsar , Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali and, Patiala
can match best in India. |
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Inland
Container Depots or, Container Freight Station near
all major industrial clusters |
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Excellent
educational and health facility available all over
state. |
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Highest
number of banks per capita – 15 banks for every
10,000 people |
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Excellent
Financial Infrastructure available in Public and Private
Sector. |
Focal Points
i.e. Industrial Park
Punjab has
set up 24 industrial estates at 18 locations provided with
all the infrastructural facilities. The nodal agency for
industrial park is
Punjab
Small Industries and Export Corporation Ltd
, Udyog Bhawan
, Sector 17,Chandigarh.
Contact Mr. P. S. Aujla,
IAS MD PSIEC Ph- 91-172-704865, 704756 Fax-91-172-702039
in case of any enquiry.
These "Focal Points", as they are called, are
located at:
Amritsar
Batala
Bhatinda
Dhandari Kalan (near Ludhiana)
Goindwal Sahib (near Amritsar)
Hoshiarpur
Jalandhar
Khanna (near Ludhiana)
Kotkapura ( Near Bhatinda)
Ludhiana,
Moga (near Ludhiana)
Nabha (near Patiala)
Nawanshahar
Rajpura, Mohali, Derabassi, & Chalanon (Near Chandigarh)
Tarn Taran (near Amritsar)
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