Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday met Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in Manali and discussed 11 projects worth Rs 6,393.32 crore with regard to development of National Highways in the State.

An official spokesperson said that all the projects were accepted by the Union Minister. The CM assured the Union Minister that support for taking possession of land at village Khatiwas in Charkhi Dadri District for construction of Isamailabad Narnaul Expressway will be provided. He also assured to remove encroachments on Faridabad bypass so that construction of DND-Sohana Expressway is expedited.

The spokesperson said that during the meeting, on the proposed project of the Construction of Vehicular Underpass (VUP) on Panipat - Jalandhar National Highway No. 44 (Old NH-1) at km 117.905 near Kambopura village in Karnal district, the union minister directed NHAI to construct the VUP at the earliest.

On the proposed project of declaration of Pehowa-Kurukshetra- road upto NH-44 as National Highway and construction of Kurukshetra Bypass, the member (Projects) NHAI intimated that the corridor was declared as “in-principle” National Highway and is yet to be declared as NH due to pending policy decision on “in-principle” NHs. The Union Minister directed NHAI to include the project in Bharatmala Phase-II including Kurukshetra bypass.

On the project of Construction of a new National Highway starting from Faridabad bypass and ending at EPE interchange near Chainsa village, Gadkari directed NHAI to examine the feasibility of construction of this new road.

He further said that on the proposed East-West Expressway from Dabwali to Panipat project, Gadkari directed NHAI to examine feasibility of Expressway on priority.

On the proposed project of the construction of service road along Delhi-Vadodara Expressway (NH-148N) for connecting Nuh-Mandkola-Palwal road with Western Peripheral Expressway, Gadkari directed NHAI to provide land for construction of service lanes by State Government. State PWD was also asked to construct the service lanes.

On construction of interchange on Eastern Peripheral Expressway to link Palwal-Aligarh National Highway (NH-334D) in Palwal district, the Union Minister directed NHAI to construct the interchange at the earliest.  On construction of underpasses  at Bilaspur Chowk, Kapdiwas, Bawal Chowk and near Rathiwas Budkha on NH-48 (Old NH-8), Gadkari directed NHAI to construct the VUP at the earliest.

On construction of underpass at km 51.300 of Delhi Agra National Highway-44 (Old NH-2) near village Bhagolafor connectivity to Dry Port Zone of Prithla Industrial Area, the Union Minister directed NHAI to construct the VUP at the earliest.  The State Chief Minister agreed to bear 50% of the cost of the project.  On an underpass on Panchkula - Yamunanagar National Highway at the road dividing Sector-26 & 27 as a standalone project, Gadkari directed NHAI to construct the VUP at the earliest.

On the proposed project of the construction of Vehicular Underpass (VUP) on Panipat - Jalandhar National Highway No. 44 (Old NH-1) at km 117.905 near Kambopura village in Karnal district, the Union Minister directed NHAI to construct the VUP at the earliest.

On the construction of underpass on Panchkula - Yamunanagar National Highway at the road dividing Sector-26 & 27 as a standalone project, Gadkari directed NHAI to construct the VUP at the earliest.

Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Haryana, Public Works (B&R) and Architecture Department, Alok Nigam, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister,. V. Umashankar and Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr Amit Agrawal were also present in the meeting.