Katra: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Tuesday stated that the completion of 4-laning project of Srinagar Jammu National Highway would reduce the distance between two capital cities to three-and-a-half hours.
The Union Minister also announced the sanctioning of 110-km long four-lane Amarnath Marg (road) to the holy cave shrine in Pahalgam, as desired by the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, to be built at a cost of Rs 5300 Cr.
He stated that the attempts were underway to complete the 670 km-long Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Green Expressway, being constructed at a cost of Rs 40,000 Cr before the imposition of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the general elections next year.
