Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway
Established | April 2024 (expected) |
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Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway is an approved 670 km (420 mi) long, 4-lane (expandable to 8 lanes) wide
It will have a
Project details
It is a combination of greenfield and which brownfield expressway which passes through
The Greenfield expressway splits into two near Nakodar. One greenfield section towards Amritsar would pass nearby
Construction
The
Phase 1
- The construction work of 397.7 km (247.1 mi) long Joint Venture(JV) of Evrascon and MKC Infrastructure Limited (MKCIL).
Sr. No. | Package | Segment Length | Contractor |
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1. | Nilothi (Jhajjar)–Rukhi Pana (Sonipat) | 34.0 km (21.1 mi) | KCC Buildcon[11] |
2. | Rukhi Pana (Sonipat)–Gangana (Sonipat) | 26.8 km (16.7 mi) | CDS Infra Projects[11] |
3. | Gangana (Sonipat)–Alewa (Jind) | 30.6 km (19.0 mi) | KCC Buildcon[11] |
4. | Alewa (Jind)–Kharak Pandwa (Kaithal) | 28.8 km (17.9 mi) | NKC Projects[12] |
5. | Kharak Pandwa (Kaithal)–Ghagga (Patiala) | 37.6 km (23.4 mi) | CDS Infra Projects[12] |
6. | Ghagga (Patiala)–Bhawanigarh (Sangrur) | 30.9 km (19.2 mi) | Shiv Build India[13] |
7. | Bhawanigarh (Sangrur)–Bhogiwal (Malerkotla) | 36.9 km (22.9 mi) | Ceigall India[14] |
8. | Bhogiwal (Malerkotla)–Mullanpur Dakha (Ludhiana) | 35.0 km (21.7 mi) | Evrascon – MKCIL JV[14]
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9. | Mullanpur Dakha–Nakodar–Kang Sahbu | 34.0 km (21.1 mi) | Evrascon – MKCIL JV[12]
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10. | Kang Sahbu (Jalandhar)–Khojewal (Kapurthala) | 15.5 km (9.6 mi) | Evrascon – MKCIL JV[13]
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11. | Khojewal (Kapurthala)–Sri Hargobindpur | 43.0 km (26.7 mi) | Evrascon – MKCIL JV[15]
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12. | Sri Hargobindpur–Gurdaspur | 35.3 km (21.9 mi) | Evrascon – MKCIL JV[16]
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Nakodar–Amritsar spur
- The construction work of 99 km (62 mi) long Nakodar–Amritsar spur section is divided into 3 packages. Nakodar–Amritsar section will merge with Delhi–Nakodar–Gurdaspur section on Package-9 (Mullanpur Dakha–Kang Sahbu).
Sr. No. | Package | Segment Length | Contractor |
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1. | Nakodar (Jalandhar)–Dhunda (Tarn Taran) | 41.0 km (25.5 mi) | SP Singla Constructions |
2. | Dhunda (Tarn Taran)–Manawala Khurd (Tarn Taran) | 30.0 km (18.6 mi) | Ceigall India[15] |
3. | Manawala Khurd (Tarn Taran)–Harsha Chhina (Amritsar) | 28.0 km (17.4 mi) | Vozrozhdenie India[13] |
Phase 2
Sr. No. | Package | Segment Length | Contractor |
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13. | Details awaited | 25.8 km (16.0 mi) | Tender Notice pending |
14. | Balsua (Gurdaspur)–Gurah Baildaran (Kathua) | 44.6 km (27.7 mi) | Megha Engineering & Infrastructures |
15. | Gurah Baildaran (Kathua)–Jakh (Samba) | 35.15 km (21.84 mi) | Vishwa Samudra Engineering |
16. | Jakh (Samba)–Jammu Airport | 11.8 km (7.3 mi) | Shivalaya Construction Company |
17. | Details awaited | 28.9 km (18.0 mi) | Apco Infratech |
18. | Details awaited | 15.3 km (9.5 mi) | Gawar Construction |
Route alignment
Delhi to Nakodar (Main route)
The Phase-1 of Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway consists of two sections, namely
Haryana
Alignment is from Nilothi-Kharkhoda-Gohana(west)- Jind(east)-Safidon(west)-Ratoli(Ambala-Narnaul)-Assandh(west)-Kalayat-Kaithal(west)-Barta. There is a proposal to extend it in Delhi from nilothi to "Urban Extension Road II".
- Jhajjar District
- Western Peripheral Expressway (also called KMP Expressway), starting near village NilothiJhajjar.
- Rohtak District
- .
- SH-18 Rohtak-Kharkhoda (northwest of Kharkhoda)
- Sonipat District
- Gohana city on the west side on NH-709 Rohtak-Gohana-Panipat Highway between Rohtak-Gohana.
- between Lahkan Majra and Gohana.
- SH-11 Jind-Gohana-Sonipat between Jind and Gohana.
- Jind District
- Jind city (east of),
- The interchange with SH-14 Jind-Panipat 18 km east of Jind near Pilu Khera.
- Trans-Haryana Expressway between Jind-Safidon.
- Alewa, 25 km northeast of Jind between Jind-Assandh on NH-709A.
- Pegan, 25 km north of Jind between Jind-KaithalRoad
- Kaithal District
Punjab
- Patiala District
- Sangrur District
- Bhawanigarh, west of Sangrur between Roshanwala-Bhawanigarh on NH-7 Barnala-Sangrur-Bhawanigarh-Patiala-Chandigarh.
- between Dhuri-Nabha.
- between Dhuri-Bagrian
- between Dhuri-Amargarh
- Malerkotla District
- between Malerkotla-Nabha at the southeast of Malerkotla and northwest of Nabha.
- between Malerkotla-Khanna, immediate east of Malerkotla and southwest of Khanna on Malerkotla-Khanna Road.
- between Malerkotla-Ludhiana, immediate north of Malerkotla and south of Ludhiana on Sangrur-Malerkotla-Ludhiana Punjab SH-11.
- Ahmedgarh between Malerkotla-Ludhiana
- Ludhiana District
- Jodhan (southwest of Ludhiana), on Raikot-Jodhan-Ludhiana road.
- Chandigarh airport-Panchkula.
- Firozepur-Moga-Jagraon-Ludhiana-Chandigarh Road. Interconnect with Ludhiana-Bhatinda-Ajmer Expressway.
- between Sidhwan Bet and Ludhiana, east of Ludhiana on Punjab SH-20 Firozepur-Zira-Sidhwan Bet-Ludhiana Road.
- Jalandhar District
- Through tehsils of Phillaur, Nakodar, Jalandhar II.
- Nakodar (east of), between Nakodar-Phagwara.
- Nakodar (northeast of), between Nakodar-Jalandhar on NH-703 Nakodar-Jalandhar Road.
- Nakodar (north of), 2 following separate Y-fork expressways spurs from Nakodar: one to Amritsar-Kartarpur in the west and another to Jammu-Katra in the northwest - one goes to Pathankot-Jammu and another goes to Amritsar.
Nakodar to Amritsar (Spur-1)
First greenfield expressway spur (99 km long) from
Punjab
- Jalandhar District
- Nakodar (north of)
- Kapurthala District
- Sultanpur Lodhi (northeast of), between Sultanpur Lodhi and Kapurthala on NH-703A Firozepur-Sultanpur Lodhi-Kapurthala Road.
- Tehsils of Kapurthala and Bholath
- Tarn Taran District
- Goindwal Sahib (east of), between Goindwal Sahib and Kapurthala on Taran Taran-Goindwal Sahib-Kapurthala Road.
- Khadoor Sahib (east of), Khadur Sahib lies east of Taran Taran and north of Goindwal Sahib
- Tarntaran Sahib
- Amritsar District
- Rakh Manawala (southeast of Amritsar), on Amritsar bypass on AH1 Amritsar-Jalandhar Road.
- New Amritsar (east of Amritsar), on Amritsar bypass on NH-503A Amritsar-Sri Hargobindpur-Hoshiarpur Road.
- Road.
- Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, with plans to extend a semi-circular loop spur to Dera Baba Nanak near Kartarpur Corridor in the north and then back to this expressway at Gurdaspurin the northeast.
Nakodar to Katra (Spur-2)
Second greenfield expressway spur from
Punjab
- Jalandhar district
- Nakodar (north of)
- Kapurthala (east of), between Kapurthala and Jalandar on NH-703A Firozepur-Sultanpour Lodhi-Kapurthala-Jalandhar Road.
- Kapurthala (northeast of), between Kapurthala and Kartarpur.
- Kapurthala (north of), between Radha Soami Satsang Beas and Kartarpur on AH1 Amritsar-Radha Soami Satsang Beas-Kartarpur-Jalandhar.
- Gurdaspur District
- Sri Hargobindpur (southwest of), route realignment done at some stretches due to high-pressure "Bathinda-Jammu Gas Pipeline" and "GIGL's CNG Gas Plant" near Mari Buchian.
- Sri Hargobindpur (west of), between Amritsar and Sri Hargobindpur on NH-503A Amritsar-Sri Hargobindpur-Urmar Tanda-Hoshiarpur Road.
- Gurdaspur (southeast of), between Qadian-Harchowal.
- Gurdaspur (east of), between Gurdaspur and Mukerian on Punjab SH-25 Gurdaspur-Mukerian-Talwara Road.
- Gurdaspur-Pathankot Road.
- Pathankot District
- Pathankot (southwest of), at Bhoa.
- Pathankot (west of), at Sunder Chak
Jammu and Kashmir
- Jammu District, bypassing Kathua.
- Reasi District
- Katra (location of Vaishno Devi temple).
Inter-connectivity
Following provide the inter-connectivity:
- Amritsar:
- Gurdaspur: Amritsar-Gurdaspur NH-54 highway converted to signal-free route.
- Kartarpur Corridor: NH-354 Amritsar-Dera Baba Nanak (Kartarpur Corridor) converted to signal-free route.
- Ludhiana:
- Chandigarh: Chandigarh airport via Urban Extension Road II. This will reduce Ludhiana-Chandigarh time from 1.5 hours to less than one hour and Chandigarh-Amritsar from 4 hours to 2 hours.[3]
- Bathinda: Ludhiana-Bhatinda-Ajmer Expressway interconnects near Mullanpur Dakha.
- Chandigarh:
- Jind: Trans Haryana Expressway (Ambala-Narnaul) near Pillu Khera. This will reduce the time from Chandigarh Airport to IGI Delhi airport from 5 hours to 2 hours, and Delhi to Manali from 14 hours to 8 hours.[3]
Status updates
- Dec 2017:
- Nov 2019: DPR of Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway completed by NHAI.[5]
- Jun-Jul 2020: In Haryana, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir, the land acquisition process started.[6][7][20][9]
- Apr 2021: Construction work awarded by NHAI for all 12 packages on 397.7 Km long Delhi-Nakodar-Gurdaspur section, and 2 out of 3 packages on 99 km long Nakodar-Amritsar section.
- Sep 2021: NHAI announces the completion deadline is by October 2023.[21]
- April 2022: foundation stone for the expressway on 5 January and construction started.[22][23] Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate operational parts of partially completed expressway before 2024 LS polls: Nitin Gadkari.[24]
- December 2023: The whole expressway will be completed by end of 2025, though various subsections will be progressively opened earlier than that.[25]
See also
- Expressways & highways in Haryana
- Expressways in Punjab
- Expressways in India
- Amritsar Ring Road
- Amritsar Jamnagar Expressway
- Expressways & highways in Haryana
- Western Peripheral Expressway
- Eastern Peripheral Expressway
- Trans-Haryana Expressway (Ambala–Narnaul)
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- ^ Bagga, Neeraj (19 April 2017). "NHAI nod for Asr-Delhi highway extension". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Survey of 575-km-long Katra-Delhi express road corridor completed: Jitendra Singh - ET Auto". ETAuto.com.
- ^ a b "Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway project: NHAI to start work on 300 km stretch in Punjab; details". 27 January 2020.
- ^ a b c Punjab CM wants Expressway expedited, Sept 2018.
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- ^ "Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway: Amritsar to Delhi in 4 hours! Phase 1 of the expressway to cost Rs 25,000 crore". The Financial Express. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ a b c "CDS and KCC lowest bidders for NHAI's DAK tender". Construction World. 8 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Evrascon, NKC & CDS secure Delhi–Katra Expressway works". Construction World. 19 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Shiv, Evrascon & Vozrozhdenie win Delhi–Amritsar Expressway's work". The Metro Rail Guy. 28 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Ceigall & Evrascon win Delhi–Amritsar Expressway's packages 7 & 8". The Metro Rail Guy. 6 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Evrascon & Ceigall win Delhi–Amritsar Expressway's work". The Metro Rail Guy. 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Evrascon wins Delhi–Amritsar Expressway's package 12". The Metro Rail Guy. 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Development of Haryana Section from Km 0+000 to Km 135+056 of Delhi–Amritsar-Katra Expressway". Environmentclearance.
- ^ DPR consultant appointed in December 2017.
- ^ DPR consultant appointed, Business Starndard, July 2018.
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- ^ "PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway - Oneindia News". www.oneindia.com. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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- ^ "Will ensure Delhi-Katra Expressway gets completed before 2024 LS polls: Nitin Gadkari". 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Delhi Katra Expressway: दिल्ली से सुबह चलकर शाम को होगा मां वैष्णो देवी का दर्शन, जल्द शुरू होगी सीधी सड़क". 7 December 2023.