PM Modi to Dedicate Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway Today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway to the nation on Friday, with the project set to reduce travel time between Delhi and Katra from about 14 hours to nearly six hours, while cutting the Delhi-Amritsar journey from about eight hours to four hours. 

According to an official release from the PM's Office (PMO), the Prime Minister will dedicate the 157.92 km long, four-lane Packages 1 to 5 of the Greenfield expressway, developed at a cost of around Rs 9,680 crore, during his visit to Jind, Haryana. Later in the day, he will inaugurate the 30.9-km-long Package 6 of the expressway in Jalandhar,



Punjab.

Part of the 667-km Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, the corridor is expected to significantly decongest NH-44 (GT Road), boost pilgrim and tourist traffic to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi and catalyse industrial and logistics development along the route. 

Prime Minister Modi will begin his visit in Jind, Haryana, where he will flag off India's first hydrogen-powered train between Jind and Sonipat at Jind railway station.PM will also lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation various development projects worth around Rs 14,700 crore at Eklavya Stadium, Jind. He will also address the gathering on the occasion.