Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway is an approved long, 4-lane (expandable to 8 lanes) wide controlled-access expressway, which will connect

Bahadurgarh Bahadurgarh is a city, nearby Jhajjar, is located in Jhajjar district in the Indian state of Haryana. The city comprises 31 wards and is approximately 21 km from National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi and 31 km from Jhajjar, the district headq ...

border near

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

with Katra in Jammu and Kashmir via

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

and

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

. It will have a spur section which will connect

Nakodar Nakodar is a town and a municipal council in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab. The city is almost 365 km from Delhi, 25 km from Jalandhar, 49 km from Ludhiana, and about 101 km from Amritsar. Surrounding villa ...

with

Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport is an international airport serving Amritsar, Punjab, India, located 11 km (7 mi) north-west from the city centre. It is named after Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru and the founder of Amritsar. The ...

located in

Raja Sansi Rajasansi is a town, near Amritsar city and a nagar panchayat in Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab. Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport (Amritsar International Airport) is located in Rajasansi village on Ajnala-Rajasans ...

Amritsar Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...

. The long Delhi–Nakodar–Katra section is National Expressway 5 (NE-5) and long Amritsar–Nakodar section is National Expressway 5A (NE-5A). Once completed, it will reduce the current Delhi-Katra distance from to and the time travel will be reduced from 14 hours to 6 hours, and Delhi-Amritsar distance to and from the time travel will be reduced from 8 hours to only 4 hours. It will have a

trauma centre A trauma center (or trauma centre) is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. A trauma center may also refer to an emergenc ...

, ambulances, fire brigades, traffic police,

bus bay A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...

truck stops A truck stop, known as a service station in the United Kingdom, and a travel center by major chains in the United States, is a commercial facility which provides refueling, rest (parking), and often ready-made food and other services to motori ...

, interchanges with refreshment, and recreational facilities. To be constructed as a part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana, it is expected to cost ₹35,000

crore A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is e ...

Detailed Project Report A project plan, according to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), is: "...a formal, approved document used to guide both ''project execution'' and ''project control''. The primary uses of the project plan are to document planning ass ...

(DPR) was completed in November 2019, and land acquisition commenced from January 2020. 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, Nakodar–Amritsar section in June 2020, and the survey is currently under progress in

Jammu Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters and the largest city in Jammu district of the union territory. Lying on the banks of the river Tawi Ri ...

section.

Project details

It is a combination of greenfield and which brownfield expressway which passes through

, and Jammu and Kashmir. It starts from Kundli Manesar Palwal (KMP) Expressway near Jasaur Kheri village in

Jhajjar District Jhajjar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Carved out of Rohtak district on 15 July 1997 and with its headquarters in Jhajjar, it lies from Delhi and had developed into an important industrial center. Othe ...

. It will lessen the workload of

Grand Trunk Road The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sarak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. ...

. The

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is a ministry of the Government of India, that is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to road transport, transport research and in also ...

of the

NDA NDA may stand for: Military * National Defence Academy (India), a military academy in India * National Defence Act, legislation for organizing and funding Canada's military * National Defense Academy of Japan, a military academy in Japan * Nig ...

government planned to construct 10 expressways in the country under Bharatmala Pariyojana, one of which would connect the national capital

with Katra and

via Kharkhoda,

Jind Jind is one of the largest and oldest city in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is administrative headquarter of Jind district. Rani Talab is the main destination for tourists while Pandu-Pindara and Ramrai are the main religiou ...

Sangrur Sangrur is a city in Sangrur district of the Indian state of Punjab, India. It is the headquarters of Sangrur District. Geography Sangrur is located at . It has an average elevation of 237 metres (778 feet). Climate Health s ...

Malerkotla Malerkotla is a city and district headquarters of Malerkotla district in the Indian state of Punjab. It was the seat of the eponymous princely state during the British Raj. The state acceded to the union of India in 1947 and was merged with ...

Ludhiana Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 Indian census, 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the ...

Jalandhar Jalandhar is the third most-populous city in the Indian state of Punjab and the largest city in Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is northwest of the state ...

Gurdaspur Gurdaspur is a city in the India, Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, between the rivers Beas River, Beas and Ravi River, Ravi. It houses the administrative headquarters of Gurdaspur District and is in the geographical centre of the distr ...

. The Greenfield expressway splits into two near Nakodar. One greenfield section towards Amritsar would pass nearby

Sultanpur Lodhi Sultanpur Lodhi is a city and a Municipal Council in the Kapurthala district in the Indian state of Punjab. The town is named after its founder, Bahlol Lodhi, the future Sultan of Delhi who renamed the town in 1443 C.E. during his time as go ...

Goindwal Sahib Goindwal ( pa, ਗੋਇੰਦਵਾਲ, meaning ‘City of Govind’, an epithet of God), also known as Goindwal Sahib and alternatively transliterated as Goindval, is located in Taran Taran district in the Majha region of the state of Punjab ...

, Khadoor Sahib, TarnTarn and ends near

. The second section goes straight to Katra, bypassing Kathua and

, and it consists of both greenfield and brownfield parts. Central and state governments also agreed to connect

Dera Baba Nanak Dera Baba Nanak is a town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district, in the state of Punjab, India. It is 36km away from Gurdaspur city, the capital of the district. Since November 2019, a corridor between India and Pakistan has been establ ...

and

Kartarpur Corridor The Kartarpur Corridor ( pa, ਕਰਤਾਰਪੁਰ ਲਾਂਘਾ , , translit=kartārpur lāṅghā; ur, , translit=kartárpúr ráhdári) is a visa-free border crossing and religious corridor, connecting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, ne ...

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 The National Highways Authority of India or NHAI (Hindi: भारतीय राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग प्राधिकरण) is an autonomous agency of the Government of India, set up in 1995 (Act 1988) and i ...

has divided the construction work of Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway into 2 Phases with a total of 20 construction packages.

Phase 1

* The construction work of long

–

section is divided into 12 packages. Package 8 to 12 has been awarded to the

Joint Venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acces ...

(JV) of Evrascon and MKC Infrastructure Limited (MKCIL).

Nakodar–Amritsar spur

* The construction work of long

–

spur section is divided into 3 packages. Nakodar–Amritsar section will merge with

–

section on Package-9 (

Mullanpur Dakha The town of Mullanpur Dakha, also known as Mandi Mullanpur, is located in the Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is a ''nagar panchayat'', a settlement in transition from rural to urban. Due to the availability of transport ro ...

– Kang Sahbu).

Phase 2

– Katra section

Route alignment

Delhi to Nakodar (Main route)

The Phase-1 of Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway consists of two sections, namely

–

(NE-5) and

–

(NE-5A). The Phase-2 consists of

– Katra section. Following is the alignment agreed by the Governments of

, and Jammu and Kashmir with the

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

Alignment is from Jasaur Kheri-Kharkhoda-Gohana(west)- Jind(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". *

Western Peripheral Expressway The Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE) or Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway (KMP Expressway), is an operational 6-lane (3 lanes in each direction),Jasaur Kheri, Jhajjar. * Rohtak District ** Hassangarh, between Sampla- Kharkhoda on NH334B. ** SH-18 Rohtak-Kharkhoda (northwest of Kharkhoda) *

Sonipat District Sonipat district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in North India. Sonipat town is the district headquarters. It is a part of National Capital Region. It is bordered by Delhi, Panipat, Rohtak, Jind, Jhajjar and Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh) ...

** Gohana city on the west side on NH-709 Rohtak-Gohana-Panipat Highway between Rohtak-Gohana. ** between Lahkan Majra and Gohana. ** SH-11 Jind-Gohana-Sonipat between Jind and Gohana. *

Jind District Jind district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Jind town is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is part of Hisar Division and was created in 1966. During the Sikh Empire, Jind lies in the heart of ...

city (east of), ** The interchange with SH-14 Jind-Panipat 18 km east of Jind near Pilu Khera. ** Ratoli, (west of) interchange with Trans-Haryana Expressway between Jind-

Safidon Safidon is a city and a municipal committee in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana. History The area was first occupied by a Pre-Harappan Chalcolithic agricultural, whose pottery has been recovered from a number of places near Safidon ...

. **

Alewa Alewa is a town in Jind district, Haryana state, India, with a population of nearly 14,000. The village is the location of many temples. It lies from Jind in north direction. It is also a tehsil of Jind district. It lies on the Jind to Karnal-Ku ...

, 25 km northeast of Jind between Jind-

Assandh Assandh is a city and a municipal committee in Karnal district in the state of Haryana, India. Assandh is 45 km south-west of Karnal. History Early history Archaeological excavations have revealed Painted Grey Ware, associated with the ...

on NH-709A. ** Pegan, 25 km north of Jind between Jind-

Kaithal Kaithal () is a city and municipal council in the Kaithal district of the Indian state of Haryana. Kaithal was previously a part of Karnal district and later, Kurukshetra district until 1 November 1989, when it became the headquarters of the K ...

Road *

Kaithal District Kaithal district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, state in northern India. Kaithal town is the district headquarters. The district occupies an area of 2317 km2. It has a population of 1,074,304 (2011 census). It is part of Karnal divi ...

Kalayat Kalayat is a city and a municipal committee in Kaithal district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is historical town known as Kapilayat and Kapilayatana in past, named after the Vedic sage Kapil Muni, is home of the 8th century Kalayat Ancient ...

(west of Kaithal), between

Narwana Narwana is a town and a municipal council in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana. History and etymology Narwana is shortcode as NRW in Indian Railways and according to historical references and the ancestors, there are several my ...

on NH-152. **

Barta Barta may refer to: * Barta (surname) *Pen name of David Korner (1914–1976), Romanian and French communist militant, trade unionist, and journalist * Barta, Bangladesh, a village in Barisal District in the Barisal Division of southern-central Ba ...

(west of Kaithal city) on Haryana SH-8 Kaithal-

Khanauri Khanauri is a town and a nagar panchayat in Sangrur district in the state of Punjab, India. It is located at NH 52 at the border of Punjab and Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carve ...

State Highway, exits Haryana state here and enters Punjab at Galoli.

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

Patiala District Patiala district is one of the twenty three districts in the state of Punjab in north-west India. Patiala district lies between 38 47’ and 39 41’ north latitude, 115 58’ and 116 54' east longitude, in the southeast part of the state. I ...

** Galoli southeast of Patran, enters here on Kaithal-Khanauri Haryana SH-8. ** Patran (northeast of), between Patran- Samana on

Moonak Moonak is a town and a nagar panchayat in Sangrur district in the Indian state of Punjab. Moonak is situated near the Punjab-Haryana border. The nearest towns of Haryana are Jakhal Mandi and Tohana. The nearest commercial airport to Moonak is ...

-Patran-Samana Punjab SH-10. *

Sangrur District Sangrur district is in the state of Punjab in northern India. Sangrur city is the district headquarters. It is one of the five districts in Patiala Division in the Indian state of Punjab. Neighbouring districts are Malerkotla (north), Barnala ...

** Bhawanigarh, west of Sangrur between Roshanwala-Bhawanigarh on NH-7

Barnala Barnala is a city in the state of Punjab of India. Barnala city serves as the headquarters of the Barnala district which was formed in 2006. Prior to formation of Barnala district, this city was located in Sangrur district. It is situated ne ...

-Sangrur-Bhawanigarh-Patiala-Chandigarh. ** between

Dhuri Dhuri is a city in Sangrur District in the state of Punjab, India. The neighbouring towns of Dhuri are Sangrur, Malerkotla, Nabha, and Barnala. Demographics As of 2011 Indian Census, Dhuri city had a total population of 55,225 of which 29,231 wer ...

Nabha Nabha is a city and municipal council in the Patiala district in the south-west of the Indian state of Punjab. It was the capital of the former Nabha State. Nabha is also a sub-division city which comes under Patiala district. Geography Nabha ...

. ** between

Bagrian Bagrian is a village located in Sangrur District, in Punjab, India which has a significant place in Sikh history. Now Called it by Bagrian Haveli name. 1996, Joseph Davey Cunningham, H.L.O. Garrett, ''History of the Sikhs from the Origin of the ...

** between

-Amargarh *

Malerkotla District Malerkotla district is a district in Punjab state of India. It was formed after the bifurcation of Sangrur district. Malerkotla district was carved out of Sangrur and became the 23rd district of Punjab on 02 June, 2021. District Malerkotla is ...

** between

-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

-Malerkotla-

Punjab SH-11. **

Ahmedgarh Ahmedgarh is a City and a municipal council the Indian state of Punjab. It is 18 km away from Malerkotla, the district headquarter, 25 km away from Ludhiana city. Geography The city lies about 18 km north of Malerkotla on the Sangrur-Ludh ...

between Malerkotla-Ludhiana *

Ludhiana District Ludhiana district is one of the 23 districts in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. It is Punjab's largest district by both area and population. Ludhiana, the largest city in Punjab, is the district headquarters. The main industries are ...

** Jodhan (southwest of Ludhiana), on Raikot-Jodhan-Ludhiana road. **

(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 Rupnagar (; formerly known as Ropar is a city and a municipal council in Rupnagar district in the Indian state of Punjab. Rupnagar is a newly created fifth Divisional Headquarters of Punjab comprising Rupnagar, Mohali, and its adjoining distr ...

- Kharar-

Chandigarh airport Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport is a civil enclave customs airport serving the city of Chandigarh Union Territory, Chandigarh. The airport is located in the village of Jhiurheri, Mohali, Punjab. The airport caters to six domestic a ...

Panchkula Panchkula (PKL) is a planned city and district headquarter in the Panchkula district, part of the Ambala division in Haryana, India. The origin of the name Panchkula came from the place where five irrigation canals meet. Panchkula established ...

. **

, southeast of Ludhiana on NH-5

Firozepur Firozpur, also known as Ferozepur, is a city on the banks of the Sutlej River in Firozpur District, Punjab, India. After the partition of India in 1947, it became a border town on the India–Pakistan border with memorials to soldiers who died ...

- Moga-

Jagraon Jagraon is a city and a municipal council, a rural police district and a sub-division of the Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab. Jagraon is more than three centuries old. It has been thought that the city's original name was Jagar ...

-Ludhiana-Chandigarh Road. Interconnect with Ludhiana-Bhatinda-Ajmer Expressway. ** between Sidhwan Bet and Ludhiana, east of Ludhiana on Punjab SH-20 Firozepur-Zira-Sidhwan Bet-Ludhiana Road. *

Jalandhar District Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. District headquarters is Jalandhar city. Before the Partition of India, Jalandhar was also the headquarters of the Jalandhar Division, with constituent districts J ...

** Through tehsils of

Phillaur Phillaur is a city and a municipal council as well as a tehsil in Jalandhar district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Punjab, India, Punjab. Overview Phillaur is the railway junction on the border line of Ludhiana Main ...

, Jalandhar II. ** Nakodar (east of), between

Phagwara Phagwara is a city and municipal corporation in Kapurthala district in Punjab, India, Punjab, India. It lies on National Highway 44 (India), National Highway 44 and located 40 kilometres from Kapurthala, the district headquarter, away from Chan ...

. ** Nakodar (northeast of), between Nakodar-

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

through

Khadur Sahib Khadur Sahib is a town and a nagar panchayat in Tarn Taran district of Khadur Sahib tehsil of the Majha region of Indian state of Punjab. Khadur Sahib is a historical place in view of eight out of ten sikh gurus having visited this place. Th ...

Tarn Taran Sahib Tarn Taran Sahib is a city in the Majha region of the state of Punjab, in northern India. It is the district headquarters and hosts the municipal council of Tarn Taran district. Gurdwara Sri Tarn Taran Sahib, a prominent Sikh shrine is located ...

and ends at

(Amritsar Airport).

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

(north of) *

Kapurthala District Kapurthala district is a district of Punjab state in northern India. The city of Kapurthala is the district headquarters. Kapurthala District is one of the smallest districts of Punjab in terms of both area and population, with 815,168 people ...

(northeast of), between Sultanpur Lodhi and

Kapurthala Kapurthala is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. The aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent build ...

on NH-703A Firozepur-Sultanpur Lodhi-Kapurthala Road. ** Tehsils of

and Bholath *

Tarn Taran District Tarn Taran district is one of the districts in the Majha region of Punjab, India. The main cities are Tarn Taran Sahib, Bhikhiwind, Khadur Sahib and Patti. The City of Tarn Taran is a holy place for Sikhs. Tarn Taran district was formed in 2 ...

(east of), between Goindwal Sahib and Kapurthala on Taran Taran-Goindwal Sahib-Kapurthala Road. ** Khadoor Sahib (east of), Khadur Sahib lies east of Taran Taran and north of Goindwal Sahib ** Tarntaran Sahib *

Amritsar District Amritsar district is one of the twenty three districts that make up the Indian state of Punjab. Located in the Majha region of Punjab, the city of Amritsar is the headquarters of this district. As of 2011, it is the second most populous distr ...

** Rakh Manawala (southeast of Amritsar), on Amritsar bypass on

AH1 Asian Highway 1 (AH1) is the longest route of the Asian Highway Network, running from Tokyo, Japan via Korea, China, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul ...

Amritsar-Jalandhar Road. ** New Amritsar (east of Amritsar), on Amritsar bypass on NH-503A Amritsar-

Sri Hargobindpur Sri Hargobindpur is a town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district in the Indian state of Punjab. Situated on the banks of the Beas River Sixth Guru of Sikhs Shri Guru Hargobind Sahib ji established this city on the land bought by his Fathe ...

Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur () is a city and a Municipal corporations in India, municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the ...

Road. ** Verka (northeast of Amritsar) between Amritsar and Batala on NH54 Amritsar-

Batala Batala is the eighth largest city in the state of Punjab, India in terms of population after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Bathinda, Mohali and Hoshiarpur. Batala ranks as the second-oldest city after Bathinda. It is a municipal corpo ...

Road. **

, with plans to extend a semi-circular loop spur to

near

in the north and then back to this expressway at

in the northeast.

Nakodar to Katra (Spur-2)

Second greenfield expressway spur from

to Katra passing through Kartarpur,

, and

Dinanagar Dinanagar is a town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district in the Majha region of the state of Punjab, India. It takes its name after Adina Beg, who served as the subahdar of Punjab for the Mughals and Marathas. He built up his residence ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

Jalandhar district Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. District headquarters is Jalandhar city. Before the Partition of India, Jalandhar was also the headquarters of the Jalandhar Division, with constituent districts J ...

(north of) ** Kapurthala (east of), between Kapurthala and Jalandar on NH-703A Firozepur-Sultanpour Lodhi-Kapurthala-Jalandhar Road. ** Kapurthala (northeast of), between Kapurthala and Kartarpur. ** Kapurthala (north of), between

Radha Soami Satsang Beas Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) is a spiritual organization in Radha Soami movement. It is headed by Gurinder Singh. The main centre of RSSB is located on the banks of the Beas River in the northern Indian state of Punjab. Establishment of t ...

and Kartarpur on

Amritsar-Radha Soami Satsang Beas-Kartarpur-Jalandhar. *

Gurdaspur District Gurdaspur district is a district in the Majha region of the state of Punjab, India. Gurdaspur is the district headquarters. It internationally borders Narowal District of Pakistani Punjab, and the districts of Amritsar, Pathankot, Kapurthala a ...

(southwest of), route realignment done at some stretches due to high-pressure "Bathinda-Jammu Gas Pipeline" and " GIGL's

CNG Compressed natural gas (CNG) is a fuel gas mainly composed of methane (CH4), compressed to less than 1% of the volume it occupies at standard atmospheric pressure. It is stored and distributed in hard containers at a pressure of , usually in cyl ...

Gas Plant" near Mari Buchian. ** Sri Hargobindpur (west of), between Amritsar and Sri Hargobindpur on NH-503A Amritsar-Sri Hargobindpur-

Urmar Tanda Urmar Tanda is a town and municipal council in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, India. Demographics In the 2001 Indian census, Urmar Tanda's population contained 22,115 people, of whom 52% of them were male and 48% were female. Urmar Tanda has an av ...

Road. **

(southeast of), between

Qadian Qadian (; ; ) is a city and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district, north-east of Amritsar, situated north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India. Qadian is the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya move ...

- Harchowal. **

(east of), between Gurdaspur and

Mukerian Mukerian is a city and municipal council of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, India. Mukerian is located on National Highway 44 and state highway 15 about north of New Delhi.It is a Sub-district headquarters situated on Jalandhar-jammu railwa ...

on Punjab SH-25 Gurdaspur-Mukerian-

Talwara Talwara is a census town in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is near to the border of the state of Himachal Pradesh.This place is known for proximity to Pong Dam and was mainly populated during the construction of the sam ...

Road. **

(north of), at

between Gurdaspur and

Pathankot Pathankot is a city and the district headquarters of the Pathankot district in Punjab, India. Pathankot is the 6th most populous city of Punjab, after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala and Bathinda. Its local government is a municipal cor ...

on NH-54 Gurdaspur-Pathankot Road. *

District ** Pathankot (southwest of), at Bhoa. ** Pathankot (west of), at Sunder Chak

Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu District Jammu district is the most populous of the districts in Jammu and Kashmir, India and is home to the winter capital (Jammu) of Jammu and Kashmir. The capital moves to Srinagar in the summer. Administrative divisions Jammu District has 7 Sub ...

, bypassing

Kathua Kathua is a city and municipal council located in Kathua district of Jammu Division of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, near its border with Punjab, India and Himachal Pradesh. The city is headquarters of Kathua district and is ...

. **

Reasi District Reasi district is a district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Reasi district is bordered by Udhampur district and Ramban district in the east, Jammu district in the south, Rajouri district in the west and by Kulgam distri ...

** Katra (location of

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temple).

Inter-connectivity

Following provide the inter-connectivity: * Amritsar: ** Gurdaspur: Amritsar-Gurdaspur NH-54 highway converted to signal-free route. ** Kartarpur Corridor: NH-354 Amritsar-

(

) converted to signal-free route. * Ludhiana: ** Chandigarh: NH-5 Ludhiana-Chandigarh Highway via Kharar and

strengthened and widened to 4 lanes, to provide connectivity to

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. ** Bathinda: Ludhiana-Bhatinda-Ajmer Expressway interconnects near Mullanpur Dakha. * Jind: Trans Haryana Expressway (

Ambala Ambala () is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically, Ambala has two sub-area ...

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) near Pillu Khera. This will reduce the time from Chandigarh Airport to IGI Delhi airport from 5 hours to 2 hours, and Delhi to Manali from 14 hours to 8 hours.

Status updates

* Dec 2017:

National Highways Authority of India The National Highways Authority of India or NHAI (Hindi: भारतीय राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग प्राधिकरण) is an autonomous agency of the Government of India, set up in 1995 (Act 1988) and i ...

(NHAI) appointed a consultant to prepare the

(DPR) within 10 months by Oct 2018.DPR consultant appointed in December 2017

Business Starndard, July 2018. * 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

to 6 hours. * Jun 2020: Expressway route is finalized. The expressway is added to

. * Jun 2020: In

, Section 3D land acquisition notifying process started. In

, 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

and end at

.Punjab CM wants Expressway expedited
Sept 2018. * Jul 2020: Survey for land acquisition was under progress in Jammu and Kashmir. 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-

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. *Jan 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the

foundation stone The cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation. All other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure. Over time ...

for the expressway on 5 January. *Feb 2022: Construction work will start once the foundation stone will be laid, between Bahadurgarh and

. *Apr 2022:

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laid the foundation stone for the expressway. * work in progress

References

External links

Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway route map and status

Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway environmental clearance report and route map
{{DEFAULTSORT:Delhi - Katra Expressway National expressways in India Proposed expressways in India Transport in Delhi Transport in Amritsar Transport in Katra, Jammu and Kashmir Expressways in Punjab, India

Project details

Construction

Phase 1

Nakodar–Amritsar spur

Phase 2

Route alignment

Delhi to Nakodar (Main route)

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

Nakodar to Amritsar (Spur-1)

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

Nakodar to Katra (Spur-2)

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

Jammu and Kashmir

Inter-connectivity

Status updates

See also

References

External links