Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway to cut travel time between cities to 6 hrs from 14 hrs
The distance between Delhi and Katra will be cut short by over 150 kilometers. The Delhi-Katra distance will be cut from 727 km to 588 km. The Delhi-Amritsar distance will also be cut short by 50 kilometers. The travel time between Delhi and Amritsar will be four hours. The travel time between Delhi and Katra will be 6 hours from 14 hours previously.
Once the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway is completed, it will cut down the travel time between Delhi, Amritsar, and Katra drastically. The expressway will cover a distance of over 670 km once it is completed.
The total cost of the project is estimated to be around Rs 37,524 crores. The expressway will also have a separate spur for Amritsar.
By October, the work on the 408 km length of expressway had already begun and is tentatively expected to open in the financial year 2024-2025.
The main reason this expressway is of particular importance is because Kata is the town in Jammu and Kashmir where the Vaishno Devi shrine is located and it is a popular pilgrimage destination.
The distance between Delhi and Katra will be cut short by over 150 kilometers. The Delhi-Katra distance will be cut from 727 km to 588 km. The Delhi-Amritsar distance will also be cut short by 50 kilometers.
The travel time between Delhi and Amritsar will be four hours. The travel time between Delhi and Katra will be 6 hours from 14 hours previously.
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport of Amritsar will also fall on the expressway.
The Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway will have several facilities like a trauma centre, workshops, restaurants and hotels.
The expressway will initially have four lanes but there will also be space left to add four more lanes. The expressway will start near the Delhi-Bahadurgarh border and will connect the National Capital with Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra via Punjab and Haryana.
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