Roads & Infrastructure
GMADA to Recarpet Roads at Mohali Entry and Exit Points
At a joint meeting at PUDA Bhawan on 20 July 2026, GMADA and Mohali Municipal Corporation officials agreed that GMADA will recarpet roads at the entry and exit points of Mohali city, after the MC's engineering wing flagged several internal and sector-dividing roads that had not been resurfaced in over five years.
| Decision date | 20 July 2026 (reported same day) |
|---|---|
| Decision body | Joint meeting of GMADA and Mohali Municipal Corporation officials |
| Presided by | Rajiv Kumar Gupta, GMADA Chief Administrator |
| Venue | PUDA Bhawan, Sector 62, SAS Nagar (Mohali) |
| What was decided | Recarpeting of roads at Mohali's entry and exit points |
| Trigger cited | Internal and sector-dividing roads not recarpeted in over 5 years |
| Also discussed | Upgradation and repair of central verges on some roads |
| Cost/timeline announced | Not specified in the meeting as reported |
What Was Decided
Greater Mohali Area Development Authority will undertake recarpeting of roads at the entry and exit points of the city. The decision emerged from a coordination meeting rather than a formal board resolution or published notification, and no separate GMADA press release or order number has been located to date.
Who Decided It, and Where
Senior officials of the Municipal Corporation and GMADA attended a meeting on various development issues of the city at PUDA Bhawan. GMADA Chief Administrator Rajiv Kumar Gupta presided over the meeting. PUDA Bhawan, where the meeting was held, is located in Sector 62, S.A.S Nagar, Mohali, Punjab and houses GMADA's headquarters along with other Punjab urban development bodies.
Gupta took charge of GMADA in 2023; he is a distinguished IAS officer from the 2016 batch who previously served as Secretary of the Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training, and has since chaired several development-review meetings on Mohali and New Chandigarh infrastructure.
Why the Recarpeting Was Flagged
The engineering wing of the Municipal Corporation informed Gupta that some internal and sector-dividing roads of Mohali city were in need of recarpeting as it had been more than five years since these roads were laid. MC officials further said upgradation and repair of the central verge of a few roads was also required.
No specific list of road stretches, no cost estimate, and no start date for the entry/exit-point recarpeting were reported from this meeting. The record should therefore be read as a decision-in-principle by GMADA to take up the work, with execution details yet to be notified as of 20 July 2026.
Where This Sits Alongside Other Mohali Road Work
This entry/exit recarpeting decision is separate from the larger, more contentious Mohali Next Generation Roads Programme, which the Punjab Government had given in-principle approval to a few months earlier. The Punjab Government gave a formal in-principle approval to its ambitious and controversial Mohali Next Generation Roads Programme, with the cost trimmed and the scope of work revised. GMADA revised the cost of that project downward from Rs 783.46 crore to Rs 666.41 crore, citing a change in scope of work. That programme drew public criticism over its scale and a decade-long outsourcing structure for routine road maintenance.
Ordinary annual road maintenance is otherwise funded through the Mohali Municipal Corporation's own budget: a special budget meeting of the Mohali Municipal Corporation passed a budget of Rs 226.98 crore for 2026-27, of which the MC proposes to spend roughly Rs 147 crore on development works in 2026-27. It is not confirmed from available reporting whether the entry/exit recarpeting discussed on 20 July 2026 will be funded from this MC development budget, from GMADA's own funds, or jointly, as was directed for the Next Generation Roads Programme.
Practical Effect for Residents, Commuters and Investors
For commuters, the immediate effect is a stated intent rather than an active construction schedule — GMADA has agreed to take up recarpeting at points where traffic enters and leaves Mohali city, but no closure dates, diversions, or affected stretches have been published yet. Businesses and property owners near entry/exit corridors should watch for follow-up GMADA or MC notices specifying road names and work schedules.
For the wider Greater Mohali/New Chandigarh growth story — including GMADA's ongoing Aerotropolis, Eco City-3, Eco City-4 and Sector 87 commercial-city projects — this decision is a routine city-maintenance matter rather than part of the master-plan expansion. The broader New Chandigarh/Greater Mohali plan includes seven new townships, seven new sectors, three new pockets of Aerotropolis, and a new commercial city centre in Sector 87, Mohali, and GMADA continues to run these as distinct, larger land-acquisition and development programmes.
What Is Not Yet Known
- No cost estimate or tender value has been disclosed for the entry/exit recarpeting.
- No specific road names, sector numbers, or km-length figures have been published.
- No start date or completion timeline has been announced.
- It is unclear whether this work will be executed under the separate, larger Mohali Next Generation Roads Programme or as a standalone GMADA/MC exercise.
Frequently asked questions
What exactly did GMADA decide on 20 July 2026?
GMADA agreed, at a joint meeting with Mohali Municipal Corporation officials, to recarpet roads at the entry and exit points of Mohali city, after MC engineers flagged roads unrepaved for over five years.
Who chaired the meeting where this was decided?
GMADA Chief Administrator Rajiv Kumar Gupta presided over the meeting, held at PUDA Bhawan in Sector 62, SAS Nagar (Mohali).
Which roads will be recarpeted, and when will work start?
The reported meeting did not name specific roads or give a start date. MC officials only said several internal and sector-dividing roads needed recarpeting, and that this was discussed at the meeting.
Is this the same as the Mohali Next Generation Roads Programme?
No. That is a separate, larger and more controversial GMADA/state programme with a revised cost of Rs 666.41 crore, given in-principle approval earlier in 2026. The entry/exit recarpeting decision reported on 20 July 2026 appears to be a distinct, smaller-scale civic maintenance matter.
How is Mohali's road maintenance normally funded?
Routine road work is typically funded through the Mohali Municipal Corporation's annual budget; for 2026-27 the MC passed a Rs 226.98-crore budget, with roughly Rs 147 crore earmarked for development works. It has not been confirmed whether the entry/exit recarpeting will draw on this budget or on separate GMADA funds.
Does this decision affect GMADA's Eco City-4 or Sector 87 projects?
No direct link has been reported. Eco City-4, the Sector 87 commercial city and the Aerotropolis expansion are separate, larger land-acquisition and township-development programmes being run by GMADA in parallel.
Sources
- GMADA to recarpet roads at Mohali entry, exit points — The Tribune
- Rajiv Kumar Gupta takes charge as Chief Administrator of GMADA — Elets eGov
- Puda Directory — Official Website of Punjab Urban Planning & Development Authority
- Punjab clears trimmed Rs 10 crore-per-km Mohali road plan — The Tribune
- Mohali MC proposes Rs 226.98-crore Budget — The Tribune
- GMADA's Eco City-4: New Chandigarh's 526-Acre Township — Acquirestate