Chandigarh, Feb. 12 -- The Punjab government has told the high court that a shorter route to the Shaheed Bhagat Singh international airport, via Sector 65-66 junction (near Bawa White House), will be completed by December 2025.

A government counsel informed the court that an 8.5 km, 164-ft (500 metre) wide road will run parallel to the Airport Road (PR-7), starting from Bawa White House in Mohali's Phase 9, Industrial Area.

The Rs.125-crore project is being pitched as an alternative route to the airport in place of the one proposed by the UT. However, it will not help airport goers from Chandigarh side as the distance remains almost the same.

Besides this, the government has also told the court that the road starting from Jagatpura vil...