Chandigarh, August 25 - As many as three new bridges were approved at a meeting of the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB) held here on Wednesday.

One bridge will be across the Sutlej at Makhu on the Nakodar-Makhu-Ferozepore road.

The second bridge will be at Ropar along the alignment of the new Ropar bypass and the third at Sarai Pattan also in Ropar. The PIDB will provide funding to the tune of Rs 54.23 crore.

^{Jalandhar man gets award}

^{Jalandhar, August 25
Mr Shetesh Vij of Jalandhar has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani Award by the Governor of Jharkhand. The award-giving ceremony was organised by the National Integration and Economic Council in New Delhi on August 19.}