New Delhi: The center is scheduled to launch ambitious Expresaway Amritsar-Katra-Katra on Wednesday, a few days before the announcement of polls in several countries, including Punjab, who will kick the model behavior (MCC).
PM Narendra Modi is likely to put the foundation stone in Ferozpur for the 670km toll road which will provide the shortest connectivity to the Important Sikh Temple in Punjab, the source said.
Punjab’s head Charanjit Singh Channi also tended to attend the ceremony.
Nearly 411km from the freeway through the Punjab of the poll, which is 61% of the total length of the toll road.
The toll road which is being developed by the Indian National Highway Authority (NHAI) will drop the travel time from Delhi to Amritsar to almost four and a half hours and travel time between the national capital and Katra will decrease to six-and.
-When half an hour.
At present, the fastest train, Vande Bharat Express, takes eight hours to reach Katra from New Delhi.
Officials said that the project was fully operational in March 2024, people could reach Srinagar in 10 and a half hours.
“At that time the four Jammu-Srinagar highway lanings and all tunnels would be finished.
People can take a luxury bus at night from Delhi and can reach Srinagar in the morning,” Nhai official said.
The RS 40,000 Crore project is conceptualized to provide high-speed connectivity to the main pilgrimage center, industrial and economic hubs in Punjab, Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir.
In addition to providing unlimited road connectivity to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, it will connect Sultanpur Lodhi, Goindwal Sahib, Khadoor Sahib, Tarn Taran and Dera Baba Nanak / Kartarpur Sahib International Corridor.
The economic hub that will be connected includes Ambala, Mohali, Sangrur, Patiala, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Kathua.
Officials said Nhai had balanced to work for almost 580 km from 670 km.
Officials say the largest cable bridge in this country from the 1.3 km bridge with eight lines will also be built on the Beas River near the Goindwal Sahib.
For Indus dolphin conservation, the bridge will not have a dock at 700 meters from the width of the river.
The toll road that is controlled by fourth lanes can be expanded to eight lanes to meet future demand.