Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway project: NHAI to start work on 300 km stretch in Punjab; details

Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway project gets a necessary boost! Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab recently met Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for discussing the status of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway and the two officials agreed to expedite the work on the expressway project. According to a recent PTI report, the total cost of the expressway project is Rs 30,000 crore. Out of which, Rs 10,000 crore will be spent by NHAI over a 300 km stretch in Punjab for the acquisition of land, which is set to begin soon. The proposed roadway project will seamlessly connect Delhi to Katra in Jammu and Kashmir through Amritsar via an access-controlled expressway of approximately 600 kilometres in length.