Finally, work to construct the much-awaited Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway has begun in Ludhiana district, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has confirmed.
While the physical possession of around 72 per cent of the land required to build 38.22-km stretch of one of the 6 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, falling across 24 villages in Ludhiana district, has already been taken, the rest 28 per cent land is yet to be acquired, officials have said.
