Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari reveiewed the work progress on the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra (DAK) greenfield expressway and Amritsar Bypass in Punjab on 19 October, 2023. The 669-km expressway is being built at a cost of Rs 40,000 crore.

Over 137 km of the expressway falls in Haryana, while the its length in Punjab is 399 km. Regarding work progress, work has already started on 296 km, as stated by Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari. The length of the expressway in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is 135 km, of which work is in progress on 120 km.

In Punjab, the expressway will pass through Patiala, Sangrur, Malerkotla, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Gurdaspur. A special feature of this corridor includes Asia's longest 1,300-mtrs cable-stayed bridge over the Beas river. The expressway will connect major religious places like the Golden Temple, Sultanpur Lodhi Gurdwara in Kapurthala district, Goindwal Sahib Gurdwara, Khandur Sahib Gurdwara, Gurdwara Darbar Sahib (Tarn Taran) as well as Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu.

While reviewing the progress of a 50-km four-lane bypass road in Amritsar, the Minister stated that the bypass, being built at a cost of Rs 1,475 crore, will provide improved connectivity from Tarn Taran to the Amritsar airport. 

Once completed, one can reach Amritsar from Delhi in four hours and Katra from Delhi in six hours.