The Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry has given in-principle approval for construction of a new expressway between Delhi-Amritsar-Katra via Jind, passing through Haryana and Delhi-Jaipur via Pataudi, an extension of national highway number 8.
This was informed in a meeting at New Delhi held by Union Road Transport and Highways Minister, Nitin Gadkari, to discuss alignment of Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway.
The meeting was attended by Union Steel Minister Birender Singh, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal.
During the meeting, Nitin Gadkari directed the officers of the Ministry to coordinate with officers of the states concerned for conducting survey and study of possibilities for these projects.
He said that both projects would serve as corridors of development.
Chief Minister Manohar lal informed that the state would have a total length of 250 kilometres (kms) of both expressways passing through it. The construction of the proposed Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway would not only reduce the distance between Delhi and Katra from 727 km to 572 km, but would also serve as a new corridor of development in Haryana.