MoRTH launches ₹20,000-cr highway projects in Haryana

The Centre has launched multiple highway projects including a 304 km Economic Corridor in southern parts of Haryana worth ₹20,000 crore and Union minister, Nitin Gadkari has laid the foundation stones of all the 11 projects. The southern Haryana will get 4-laning of Gurugram-Pataudi-Rewari section (46 km) costing ₹1,524 crore and 14.4 km Rewari Bypass at ₹928 crore. The three other projects are 30.4 km 4-lane Rewari-Ateli Mandi section of NH-11 costing ₹1,057 crore and 40.8 km 6-lane Narnaul Byepass-Ateli Mandi section of NH- 11 costing ₹1,380 crore. These projects will benefit the people of Haryana by providing smooth connectivity within the state and to other states such as Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and UP. The plan also included the 6-lane Ambala–Ismailabad-Kotputli Economic Corridor, which will be completed in two years and will reduce congestion on Delhi-Jaipur and Delhi-Chandigarh highways. The highway stretch, which includes 227 km of new alignment or Greenfield road, will create new avenues for industrial development in the state. NHAI informed that the distance of 260 km between Delhi and Chandigarh will be covered in two hours and this will be a reality by June 2023 as it has set schedules for the completion of Dwarka Expressway and Urban Extension Road in Delhi, Trans Haryana and the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressways. Though the length between these two points would be barely 20 km less than the Delhi-Chandigarh link, the travel time will be reduced by half as the commuters will travel through five expressways.