Lok Sabha Question No. 905 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Delhi-Katra Expressway
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Brijendra Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 905 ANSWERED ON 21 ST  JULY, 2022

## DELHI-KATRA EXPRESSWAY

## 905.    SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  process  of  land  acquisition  has  been  completed  and construction  work  on  the  Delhi-Amritsar-  Katra  Expressway  under  the Bharatmala Pariyojana has commenced and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of funds allocated, released and utilised for the construction of the said expressway;
- (c) the name of towns/cities in Haryana through which the said expressway will pass; and
- (d) the  present  staus  of  the  project  in  Haryana  and  time  frame  set  for completion of this project?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) & (b)   Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway comprising length of 668 Km with total Capital Cost of Rs. 37,525 crore is passing through the State of Haryana, Punjab and UT Jammu & Kashmir. Works in a length of 597 km have been awarded,  after  acquisition  of  land  as  per  the  provisions  contained  in  the Contract/Concession Agreements. The State-wise details are as under:

| State           | Length Length   | Length Length   | Length                       | Length in   | Length in DPR Total Capital   | Length in DPR Total Capital   |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|                 | (in             | Awarded under   | Awarded under                | Bidding     | Stage (in                     | Cost                          |
|                 | Km)             | (in Km)         | construction (in Km) (in Km) | Stage       | Km)                           | (Rs. in Cr.)                  |
| Haryana         | 158             | 158             | 158                          | 0           |                               | 8,386                         |
| Punjab          | 422             | 384             | 107                          | 0           | 39                            | 21,786                        |
| UT              | 88              | 55              | 0                            | 33          | 0                             | 7,353                         |
| Jammu & Kashmir |                 |                 |                              |             |                               |                               |
| Total           | 668             | 597             | 265                          | 33          | 39                            | 37,525                        |

(c) & (d)   The work in entire stretch falling in the State of Haryana for a length of  158  Km  has  already  been  started.   The  project  Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway  in  the  State  of  Haryana  starts  at  interchange  with  KundaliManesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway in Jhajhar District and passes through the districts  of  Jhajhar,  Rohtak,  Sonepat, Jind,  Karnal and Kaithal. The stretch passing through State of Haryana has been scheduled for completion by March, 2024.

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