Delhi-Katra Expressway to be ready by 2023

 

 

The first-of-its-kind Katra-Delhi Express Road Corridor will be ready by 2023. Once the express road corridor becomes functional, travel time from Katra, Jammu & Kashmir to Delhi will get reduced to around six-and-a-half hours, and from Jammu to Delhi to just around six hours.

 

The project taken up by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) envisages development of 600 km long expressway passing through the states of Haryana, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir under Bharatmala Pariyojana.

 

The road corridor will also connect the holy cities of Katra and Amritsar, and at the same time offer connectivity for some other major important religious shrines between the two destinations.

 

The important cities through which the expressway corridor will pass include Jammu and Kathua in Jammu & Kashmir, and Jalandhar, Amritsar, Kapurthala and Ludhiana in Punjab.

 

The project will also provide connectivity to Chandigarh from Ludhiana, with a spur from Ludhiana-Ropar road to Kharar which will further connect to Chandigarh airport via new Urban Extension Road II.