Laravel 5.3 route not working

I have installed fresh copy of laravel 5.3.

I have the following code in my route/web.php.

Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});

Route::get('welcome', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});

when i hit localhost/project/public in the browser i can see laravel welcome page.

But when i hit localhost/project/public/welcome then 404 Not Found comes up where i should get the same laravel welcome page.

Am i forgetting something ?

via Chebli Mohamed