The much-awaited work to construct the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway, falling in Ludhiana district, has been finally awarded to a construction company, the government has confirmed.
Of the 361.656-km proposed length in Punjab, the 39-km stretch of one of the six greenfield expressways identified under the Bharatmala Pariyojna Phase-I and included in the list of 22 greenfield corridors in the Budget announcements for this fiscal, falls across 24 villages in Ludhiana district, the officials have said.
Sharing details, a senior officer of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) told The Tribune here on Monday, that the work to construct the 35.09-km stretch of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway package 8 under phase 1 from Ludhiana-Malerkotla (SH-11)
