Four-lane expressway to come up from Palwal to Katra

In a bid to improve connectivity to the Vaishno Devi shrine, an important This four-lane expressway will be built for Rs 35 thousand crores.

By 2023 Diwali, people can travel by road from Delhi to Katra (Maa Vaishno Devi) via Amritsar in less than seven hours.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has floated bids for the first 160 km out of the 634-km greenfield expressway project, which will take off from the Kundli Manesar Palwal (KMP) near Bahadurgarh.

The distance between Delhi to Katra by the Greenfield Expressway will be reduced by 40 km.

Cars will be able to run at 120 kilometres per hour on this expressway. This expressway will be signal free.

Right now it takes at least 11 hours by road from Delhi to Katra. People will reach Amritsar from Delhi in 4 to 4.5 hours by expressway. It will take about 7 hours to reach Katra.

This four-lane expressway will be built at Rs 35 thousand crores. Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the construction of the highway will start in December this year.

The project will be designed in such a way that it can be further expanded to 6 lanes. An NHAI official said, “The highway is being built keeping in view the four-lane traffic.” Daily traffic is expected to be around 26,641 car units. Later it may increase to 30,840. ‘