DW BUREAU / LUDHIANA Punjab Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu today announced that under the third phase, Sidhwan Canal waterfront would be developed along the canal from Dugri Bridge till Dhuri Line with a cost of Rs 3 crore. He assured that the work on this project would start shortly. Besides, the Cabinet Minister also announced that under the National Clean Air Programme, three new green belts and leisure valleys would be constructed in Ludhiana (West) constituency. While visiting the site along the Sidhwan Canal where the waterfront project would be constructed, Bharat Bhushan Ashu said that under the 3rd phase of this project, a waterfront would be developed from DugriRoad till Dhuri Line. He said that this around 800m stretch is lying useless at present, and when a waterfront is developed here with a cost of around Rs 3 crore, a large number of area residents would be benefitted as it would be used for morning and evening walk along with other leisure activities. On this occasion he was also accompanied by senior Congress leader Kamaljit Singh Karwal and others. He said that the first phase of the Sidhwan Canal Waterfront project (around 1 km length from Ferozepur Road till Ferozepur Railway Line) at a cost of around Rs 4.74 crore is already nearing completion, while the work on the 1.6 km long second phase (from Jawaddi Bridge till Dugri Road) worth Rs 5.06 crore is underway. (editor@dailyworld.in)