New Delhi, April 9 -- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved three major infrastructure and farm-linked projects worth over Rs.4,800 crore

These include a six-lane Zirakpur bypass in Punjab-Haryana, rail track doubling in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, and modernization of command area irrigation systems under an expanded Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY).

A key approval was the construction of a 19.2- km access-controlled Zirakpur Bypass at a cost of Rs.1,878.31 crore to ease traffic congestion in the Chandigarh-Mohali-Panchkula urban stretch. "The project is aimed at decongesting this heavily built-up tri-junction and improving connectivity between Patiala...