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2 been literally covered with a net-work of roads, either marked out of
3 commenced, or partially constructed. In para. 415 of the Second Punjab
4 Report, it was stated that up to May 1854, no less than 3,600 miles of
5 roadway had been more or less made in the Punjab Proper, at a total cost
6 of 47 lakhs of Rupees or £470,000; and in the Cis and Trans-Sutlej
7 States, up to the same period, about 1,629 miles had ~been constructed,
8 at a cost of Rupees 7,50,000 or £75,000. The aggregate, therefore,
9 amounted ‘to miles 5,229, at a cost of Rupees 54,50,000 or £545,000.
10 These results, when reported to the Supreme Government, obtained the
11 marked commendations of the late Governor General, the Marquis:
12 of Dalhousie. It is hoped that this Section will show how, during
13 the past two years, the course of onward progress has been vigorously
14 sustained.
15 78. Attention is 5 penal directed to the Punjab Section of the
16 Grand Trunk line of Upper India, from Calcutta
17 to Peshawur. This Section extends from Kurnal,
18 on the confines of, the North-Western Provinces, to Peshawur, a distance
19 of about 511 miles, This great road may be conveniently considered.
20 in three sub-divisions—/irst, from Kurnal to the Sutlej; second, from
21 the Sutlej to Lahore ; third, from Lahore to Peshawur.
22 79. The first sub-division then will comprise the road from Kurnal
23 vid Umballa and Loodianah to Ferozepore, a distance of about 201 miles
24 in all, viz. from Kurnal to Loodianah 121 miles, and 76 miles from
25 Loodianah to Ferozepore, and 4 miles to bank of Sutlej. This road
26 was commenced under the Military Board in 1852, by Major Laughton,
27 of the Engineers, and remained under his supervision till May 1854.
28 During that period about 87 miles were opened for traffic and Rupees
29 7,21,700 or £72,170 were spent. Since May 1854 also much has been
30 From Ferozepore to done. From Ferozepore to Loodianah the road -
31 Loodianah. is made, bridged and metalled in an efficient
32 manner, and is indeed the most complete piece of road yet constructed
33 in these Territories. From Loodianah to Umballa (76 miles) the road
34 is open throughout, and nearly the whole is “efficiently metalled,
35 embanked and bridged, excepting the Bangua streams and the valley
36 of Rajpoora and the Old or Lesser Gugger stream, which are at present
37 crossed by strong wooden bridges. The Great Gugger is a violent and
38 powerful mountain torrent, which in the rainy season has a deep current,
39 Grand Trunk Road.