Haryana will soon have seven new National Highways with the State Government giving its consent for their declaration.
Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar in consultation with Public Works Department (Building and Roads) Minister Rao Narbir Singh has given State Government consent to Government of India for declaring seven roads in the State as new National Highways.
These roads included Ghaziabad-Noida-Faridabad-Sohna with a total length of about 75 kilometres excluding the portion on which BOT project is already there, Nuh-Mandkola-Palwal-Jewar-Bulandshahr with a total length of 60 kilometres and Sohna-Ballabhgarh-Tigaon- Gautam Buddh Nagar-Deota-Sikandrabad with total length of about 85 kilometres excluding the portion on which BOT project is already there.
Besides, the Palwal-Aligarh with a total length of about 83 kilometres, Hodal-Bhiruki-Hasanpur-Kashipur-Kushak-Barauli-Ghori-Dadota-Mohna-Arwa-Chandpur-Manjhawali with a total length of about 65 kilometres, Faridabad (Kheri Bridge)-Jasana-Cheersi-Manjhawali-Atta Gujran-Dankor-Yamuna Expressway with a total length of about 25 kilometres and road from Kaithal-Pehowa-Kurukshetra-Radaur-Yamuna Nagar with a total length of 75 kilometres will also be declared as National Highways.
The State Government is also considering recommending for declaring two more roads as National Highways as proposed by the Government of India. These are Bhiwani-Mundal-Jind-Karnal-Meerut and Hisar-Adampur-Fatehabad-Ratia-Mansa-Bathinda.
Already, the Central Government has notified five roads as National Highways (NH). These included Meerut-Sonepat-Kharkhauda-Sampla-Jhajjar-Charkhi Dadri-loharu, Jaisalmer-Pokhran-Bikaner-Sri Dungarpur-Ratangarh-Fatehpur-Jhanjhunu-Chirawa-Narnaul-Rewari, Pathankot-Gurdaspur-Amritsar-Zira-Faridkot-Bhathinda-Dabwali-Hanumangarh-Paka-Samoka-Galuwala-Kenchiya,Alwar-Ramgarh-Nuh-Gurgaon, Nakodar-Mahatpur-Moga-Badhni-Barnal-Hadiaya-Mansa-Jhunir-Sardulgarh-Sirsa.