Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway

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Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway
Map of Delhi–Gurdaspur section of expressway in red
Route information
Maintained by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Length670 km (420 mi)
ExistedOctober 2023 (expected)–present
Major junctions
South endJasaur Kheri village near Bahadurgarh border, Delhi
North end1. Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, Amritsar, Punjab
2. Katra, Jammu and Kashmir
Location
StatesHaryana, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir
Highway system

Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway is a 670 km (420 mi) long, 4-lane wide (expandable to 8 lanes) controlled-access expressway under-construction,[1] which will connect Bahadurgarh border in Delhi with Katra in Jammu and Kashmir via Nakodar and Gurdaspur in Punjab.[2][3] It will also have a spur section which will connect Nakodar with Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport located in Raja Sansi, Amritsar.[1] The 397.7 km (247.1 mi) long Delhi–Nakodar–Gurdaspur section is National Expressway 5 (NE-5) and 99 km (62 mi) long Amritsar–Nakodar section is National Expressway 5A (NE-5A). This expressway will reduce the Delhi-Katra distance from 727 km (452 mi) to 588 km (365 mi) and from 14 hours to 6 hours, and Delhi-Amritsar distance to 405 km (252 mi) and from 8 hours to 4 hours.[1]

It will have a trauma centre, ambulances, fire brigades, traffic police, bus bays, truck stops, interchanges with refreshment, and recreational facilities. To be constructed as part of the Bharatmala project,[2] it is expected to cost ₹35,000 crores.[4] Detailed Project Report (DPR) was completed in November 2019,[5] and land acquisition commenced from January 2020.[6][7] M/s Feedback Infra Pvt Ltd. was appointed as DPR consultant to carry out alignment studies which submitted the final shortest proposed alignment report of Delhi–Nakodar–Gurdaspur section in September 2019,[8] Nakodar–Amritsar section in June 2020, and survey under progress on Jammu section.[9]

Project details[]

It is a combination of greenfield and brownfield expressway which passes through Haryana, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir. It starts from Kundli Manesar Palwal (KMP) Expressway near Jasaur Kheri village in Jhajjar District. It will lessen the workload of Grand Trunk Road. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of the NDA government planned to construct 10 expressways in the country under Bharatmala Pariyojana, one of which would connect the national capital Delhi with Katra and Amritsar via Kharkhoda, Jind, Sangrur, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur. The Greenfield expressway splits into two near Nakodar. One greenfield section towards Amritsar would pass nearby Sultanpur Lodhi, Goindwal Sahib, Khadoor Sahib, TarnTarn and ends near Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport.[10] The second section goes straight to Katra, bypassing Kathua and Jammu, and it consists of both greenfield and brownfield parts. Central and state governments also agreed to connect Dera Baba Nanak and Kartarpur Corridor with this expressway project. Nearly 14,000 acres of the land of Punjab and 5,000 acres of Haryana will be acquired for the construction of this expressway.

Construction[]

The NHAI has divided the construction work of Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway into 2 Phases.

Phase 1[]

  • The construction work of 397.7 km (247.1 mi) long Delhi–Nakodar–Gurdaspur section is divided into 12 packages. Package 8 to 12 has been awarded to the Joint Venture (JV) of Evrascon and MKC Infrastructure Limited (MKCIL).
Sr. No. Package Segment Length Contractor
1. Jasaur Kheri (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 (Sangrur) 36.9 km (22.9 mi) Ceigall India[14]
8. Bhogiwal (Sangrur)–Mullanpur Dakha (Ludhiana) 35.0 km (21.7 mi) Evrascon – MKCIL JV[14]
9. Mullanpur Dakha–Nakodar–Kang Sahbu 34.0 km (21.1 mi) Evrascon – MKCIL JV[12]
10. Kang Sahbu (Jalandhar)–Khojewal (Kapurthala) 15.5 km (9.6 mi) Evrascon – MKCIL JV[13]
11. Khojewal (Kapurthala)–Sri Hargobindpur 43.0 km (26.7 mi) Evrascon – MKCIL JV[15]
12. Sri Hargobindpur–Gurdaspur 35.3 km (21.9 mi) Evrascon – MKCIL JV[16]

Nakodar–Amritsar spur[]

Sr. No. Package Segment Length Contractor
1. Nakodar (Jalandhar)–Dhunda (Tarn Taran) 41.0 km (25.5 mi) Tender opening on 14 Sep 2021
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
13. Details awaited 25.8 km (16.0 mi) Tender Notice pending
14. Balsua (Gurdaspur)–Gurah Baildaran (Kathua) 44.6 km (27.7 mi) Technical bid on 15 Sep 2021
15. Gurah Baildaran (Kathua)–Jakh (Samba) 35.1 km (21.8 mi) Technical bid on 15 Sep 2021
16. Jakh (Samba)–Jammu Airport 19.185 km Shivalaya Constructions

Route alignment[]

Delhi to Nakodar (Main route)[]

The Phase-1 of Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway consists of two sections, namely Delhi–Nakodar–Gurdaspur (NE-5) and Nakodar–Amritsar (NE-5A). The Phase-2 consists of Gurdaspur–Katra section. Following is the alignment agreed by the Governments of Haryana, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir with the NHAI.[7][17][1]

Haryana[]

Alignment is from Jasaur Kheri-Kharkhoda-Gohana(west)-Gohana(east)-Safidon(west)-Ratoli(Ambala-Narnaul)-Assandh(west)-Kalayat-Kaithal(west)-Barta. There is a proposal to extend it in Delhi from Jasaur Kheri to "Urban Extension Road II".

  • Jhajjar District
  • Rohtak District
    • , between Sampla-Kharkhoda on NH334B.
    • SH-18 Rohtak-Kharkhoda (northwest of Kharkhoda)
  • Sonipat District
  • Jind District
    • Jind city (east of),
    • The interchange with SH-14 Jind-Panipat 18 km east of Jind near .
    • , (west of) interchange with Trans-Haryana Expressway between Jind-Safidon.
    • Alewa, 25 km northeast of Jind between Jind-Assandh on NH-709A.
  • Kaithal District
    • Kalayat (west of Kaithal), between Narwana-Kaithal on NH-152.
    • (west of Kaithal city) on Haryana SH-8 Kaithal-Khanauri State Highway, exits Haryana state here and enters Punjab at Galoli.

Punjab[]

  • Patiala District
    • southeast of Patran, enters here on Kaithal-Khanauri Haryana SH-8.
    • Patran (northeast of), between Patran-Samana on Moonak-Patran-Samana Punjab SH-10.
  • Sangrur District
    • Bhawanigarh, west of Sangrur between -Bhawanigarh on NH-7 Barnala-Sangrur-Bhawanigarh-Patiala-Chandigarh.
    • between Dhuri-Nabha.
    • 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
    • (southwest of Ludhiana), on Raikot-Jodhan-Ludhiana road.
    • Ludhiana (west of), with a new Jodhan-Doraha spur as a south bypass of Ludhiana, at Doraha this spur will connect to the existing NH-5 Ludhiana-Doraha-Ropar-Kharar-Chandigarh airport-Panchkula.
    • Mullanpur Dakha, southeast of Ludhiana on NH-5 Firozepur-Moga-Jagraon-Ludhiana-Chandigarh Road.
    • 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 Nakodar to Amritsar through Sultanpur Lodhi, Goindwal Sahib, Khadur Sahib, Tarn Taran Sahib and ends at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport (Amritsar Airport).

Punjab[]

Nakodar to Katra (Spur-2)[]

Second greenfield expressway spur from Nakodar to Katra passing through Kartarpur, Gurdaspur, and Dinanagar.

Punjab[]

Jammu and Kashmir[]

Additional alternate routes[]

Amritsar-Gurdaspur NH-54 highway will also be converted to signal-free and one stretch that will connect to Dera Baba Nanak near Kartarpur Corridor.

Chandigarh-Ludhiana Highway via Kharar and Ropar is being strengthened and widened to 4 lanes, which will be connected to 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.[1]

Additionally, Chandigarh to Ambala Expressway is being widened, and Ambala-Jind Highway is being upgraded to four lanes which are also known as Trans Haryana Expressway. This will reduce the time from Chandigarh Airport to IGI Delhi airport from 5 hours to 2 hours, and Delhi to Manali to 8 hours from 14 hours.[1]

Status updates[]

  • Dec 2017: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) appointed a consultant to prepare the Detailed Project Report (DPR) within 10 months by Oct 2018.[18][19]
  • Nov 2019: DPR of Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway completed by NHAI. Expressway will be around 575 km long, and will cut travel time between Katra and Delhi to 6 hours.[5]
  • Jun 2020: Expressway route is finalized. New Greenfield expressway to Amritsar added.
  • Jun 2020: In Haryana, Section 3D land acquisition notifying process started. In Punjab, notification 3A is in progress. Also, 3A notification for land acquisition of the expressway to Amritsar under Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway is issued, which starts from Kang Sahib Rai village near Nakodar and end at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in Raja Sansi.[6][7][20]
  • Jul 2020: Survey for land acquisition was under progress in Jammu and Kashmir.[9] Notice 3A is issued.
  • Dec 2020: In Haryana, land acquisition compensation amount distribution under progress.
  • 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 confirms to complete the expressway by October 2023.[21]
  • Jan 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the expressway on 5th January.[22]

See also[]

References[]

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