# North–South and East–West Corridor

The North–South–East–West Corridor (NS-EW) is the largest ongoing highway project in India. It is the second phase of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), and consists of building 7300 kilometers of four/six lane highways associating Srinagar, Kanyakumari, Kochi, Porbandar and Silchar, at a cost of US$12.317 billion ₹10,00,00,00,00,000(INR One lakh Crore). As of 19 March 2024, 6875 of the 7142 kilometers project has been finished.
In combination with the Golden Quadrilateral network, and port connectivity highways, the NS-EW Corridor forms a key part of the Indian highway network, connecting many of its important manufacturing, commerce and cultural centers. As of May 2012, India has completed and placed in use some 15,800 kilometers of such 4-lane highways.
The NS–EW project is managed by the National Highways Authority of India under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

## Route

Only National Highways are used in the two corridors.

### North–South Corridor

This is a 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles) corridor via NH 44(Srinagar-Udhampur-Jammu–Jalandhar–Delhi–Agra–Gwalior–Jhansi–Sagar–Narsinghpur–Lakhnadon–Nagpur–Hyderabad–Chikkaballapur–Bengaluru–Salem–Madurai–Kanyakumari), branch road NH 544 (Salem–Coimbatore–Palakkad–Kochi)

### East-West Corridor

This is a 3,300 kilometres (2,100 miles) corridor via NH 27 (Porbandar–Rajkot–Samakhiali–Radhanpur–Kota–Jhansi–Kanpur–Lucknow–Ayodhya–Gorakhpur–Muzaffarpur–Darbhanga–Supaul-Purnia–Dalkhola–Kishanganj–Islampur–Sonapur– Ghoshpukur–Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Bongaigaon–Nalbari– Bijni–Guwahati–Nagaon–Dabaka–Silchar).

## Interchange points between the corridors

* The following is an interchange section
** Jhansi is the junction of North–South and East–West
* The following stretches are common between the Golden Quadrilateral and the NS-EW Corridors.
** Delhi–Agra: Golden Quadrilateral & North–South Corridor
** Bengaluru–Krishnagiri: Golden Quadrilateral & North–South Corridor
** Akbarpur–Kanpur: Golden Quadrilateral & East–West Corridor
** Udaipur–Chittorgarh: Golden Quadrilateral & East West Corridor
* The following is a Spur Highway of the North–South Corridor
** Kochi–Coimbatore–Salem(NH 544): North–South Corridor & North–South Corridor Extension

## Major cities

| North-South Corridor | East-West Corridor |
| (From North to South) Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar Udhampur Jammu Punjab Pathankot Jalandhar Ludhiana Rajpura Haryana Ambala Kurukshetra Karnal Panipat Sonipat Faridabad Palwal Delhi Uttar Pradesh Mathura Agra Jhansi Lalitpur Madhya Pradesh Gwalior Sagar Narsinghpur Lakhnadon Seoni Maharashtra Nagpur Hinganghat Telangana Adilabad Nirmal Kamareddy Medchal Hyderabad Mahbubnagar Andhra Pradesh Kurnool Anantapur Karnataka Chikkaballapur Bengaluru Tamil Nadu Hosur Krishnagiri Dharmapuri Salem Namakkal Erode Tiruppur Coimbatore Karur Dindigul Madurai Virudhunagar Tirunelveli Kanyakumari Kerala Palakkad Thrissur Kochi | (From West to East) Gujarat Porbandar Rajkot Samakhiali Radhanpur Rajasthan Pindwara Udaipur Chittorgarh Kota Madhya Pradesh Shivpuri Uttar Pradesh Jhansi Kanpur Lucknow Faizabad Ayodhya Gorakhpur Bihar Muzaffarpur Darbhanga Supaul Purnia Kishanganj West Bengal Dalkhola Islampur Siliguri Jalpaiguri Alipurduar Assam Bongaigaon Guwahati Dispur Nagaon Dabaka Lumding Haflong Silchar |

## Possible extensions

There is popular demand for the extension of the East West Corridor from Silchar to Moreh via Jiribam and Imphal, and from Nagaon to Stilwell Road via Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Ledo. These two extensions may increase the cross border trade with South East Asia.

## Current status

| Segment | Total Length | Length Completed | Under Implementation | Length to be Awarded | Percent Completed(%) | As of (date) |
| North–South and East–West Corridor | 7,142 km (4,438 mi) | 7,042 km (4,376 mi) | 100 km (62 mi) | 1,050 km (650 mi) | 98.69 | 28 February 2018 |
* Chainage Chart of Corridor North – South
* Chainage Chart of Corridor East – West

## Gallery

* NH 8 - a section near Rajasthan, in western India, of NSEW Corridor highway
* NH 57 - a section near Darbhanga, Bihar, of NSEW Corridor highway
* A section of NH-47 along the Erode Bypass of NSEW Corridor highway in Tamilnadu.