Work awarded for 35-km Delhi-Katra e-way stretch in Ludhiana

The work to construct the 35.09-km stretch of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway Package 8 of Phase 1 from Ludhiana-Malerkotla near Bhogiwal village to Ludhiana-Moga road near Mullanpur Dakha has been awarded to a joint venture called OJSC Euro-Asian Construction Corporation Evrascon-MKC Infrastructure Ltd.

Of the 361.656-km proposed length in Punjab, the 39-km stretch of one of the six greenfield expressways identified under the Bharatmala Pariyojna Phase-I and included in the list of 22 greenfield corridors in the Budget announcements for this fiscal, falls across 24 villages in Ludhiana district.

Another 43.04-km stretch of the same expressway Package 9 under Phase 1 from Ludhiana-Moga road near Mullanpur Dakha to Jalandhar-Moga road near Kang Sahibu village has also been awarded to the same company.