Punjab CM Capt meets NHAI chairman
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) chairman Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu on Monday agreed to expeditiously start work on the prestigious Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway project.
Acquisition of land for the Rs 30,000 crore project, of which Rs 10,000 crore will be spent by the NHAI on 300 km stretch in Punjab, will commence soon, said an official spokesperson after a meeting between the Chief Minister and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) chairman on Monday afternoon.
The NHAI chairman informed the Chief Minister that decks for the project had been cleared since the shorter alignment proposed by the Authority had now been finalized.
