Lok Sabha Question No. 645 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-06
Subject: Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Green Field Expressway
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 645 ANSWERED ON 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## DELHI-AMRITSAR-KATRA GREEN FIELD EXPRESSWAY

645.  SHRI SUKHJINDER SINGH RANDHAWA:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the time by which the Delhi-AmritsarKatra Greenfield Expressway  including  the  arm  to  Amritsar  is  expected  to  be  fully completed;
- (b) the  current  status  of  construction  for  different  sections  of  this expressway particularly in Punjab;
- (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration to make this expressway  toll-free  or  provide  toll  exemptions  for  vehicles  bearing registration numbers of Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Amritsar districts, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  there  are  any  plans  to  introduce  special  toll  rates  or exemptions  for  electric  vehicles  using  this  expressway,  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) and (b) The details are enclosed as Annexure.

(c)      Toll  fee  is  collected  from  road  users  as  per  the  provisions  of National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008  and  its  subsequent  amendments.  There  is  no  provision  in  Fee

Rules for exemption of toll fee for any district as a whole. (d)     No such proposal is under consideration by the Ministry.

Annexure

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  and  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred  Question  No.  645  answered  on  06.02.2025  asked  by  Shri Sukhjinder  Singh  Randhawa  regarding  Delhi-Amritsar-  Katra  Green Field Expressway.

| Sr.No .   | State    | Package   | Chainage   | Chainage   | Length Km)   | Status                                                                                     | Award Date                                                                                 | Date of Commencment                                                                        | Revised scheduled date of completio n                                                      |
|-----------|----------|-----------|------------|------------|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr.No .   | State    | Package   | From       | to         | Length Km)   | Status                                                                                     | Award Date                                                                                 | Date of Commencment                                                                        | Revised scheduled date of completio n                                                      |
| 1         | Haryan a | Pkg-1     | 0+000      | 34+000     | 34           | Provisionally Completed                                                                    | 05.03.2021                                                                                 | 27.12.2021                                                                                 | PCC issued on 26.09.2024                                                                   |
| 2         | Haryan a | Pkg-2     | 34+000     | 60+800     | 26.8         | Provisionally Completed                                                                    | 05.03.2021                                                                                 | 14.01.2022                                                                                 | PCC issued on 26.09.2024                                                                   |
| 3         | Haryan a | Pkg-3     | 60+800     | 91+400     | 30.6         | Provisionally Completed                                                                    | 05.03.2021                                                                                 | 24.12.2021                                                                                 | PCC issued on 21.05.2024                                                                   |
| 4         | Haryan a | Pkg-4     | 91+400     | 120+25 0   | 28.85        | Provisionally Completed                                                                    | 18.03.2021                                                                                 | 14.12.2021                                                                                 | PCC issued on 25.09.2024                                                                   |
| 5         | Haryan a | Pkg-5     | 120+25 0   | 157+92 0   | 37.67        | Under Construction                                                                         | 07.06.2021                                                                                 | 23.05.2022                                                                                 | 30.04.2025                                                                                 |
| 6         | Punjab   | Pkg-6     | 157+92 0   | 188+83 0   | 30.91        | Completed                                                                                  | 12.07.2021                                                                                 | 23.05.2022                                                                                 | CC issued on 09.05.2024                                                                    |
| 7         | Punjab   | Pkg-7     | 188+83 0   | 225+77 0   | 36.94        | Under Construction                                                                         | 20.07.2021                                                                                 | 11.07.2022                                                                                 | 30.06.2025                                                                                 |
| 8         | Punjab   | Pkg-8     | 225+77 0   | 260+86 0   | 35.09        | Under Construction                                                                         | 12.07.2021                                                                                 | 15.03.2023                                                                                 | 31.03.2026                                                                                 |
| 9         | Punjab   | Pkg-9     | 260+86 0   | 303+90 0   | 43.04        | Under Construction                                                                         | 20.04.2021                                                                                 | 18.07.2022                                                                                 | 30.09.2025                                                                                 |
| 10        | Punjab   | Pkg-10    | 303+90 0   | 319+40 0   | 39.5         | Under Construction                                                                         | 28.05.2021                                                                                 | 11.07.2022                                                                                 | 30.09.2025                                                                                 |
| 11        | Punjab   | Pkg-11    | 319+40 0   | 362+42 0   | 43.02        | Under Construction                                                                         | 28.05.2021                                                                                 | 15.11.2022                                                                                 | 31.03.2026                                                                                 |
| 12        | Punjab   | Pkg-12    | 362+42 0   | 397+70 0   | 35.28        | Under Construction                                                                         | 23.04.2021                                                                                 | 01.01.2024                                                                                 | 30.12.2025                                                                                 |
| 13        | Punjab   | Pkg-13    | 397+70 0   | 423+50 0   | 25.8         | Under Existing 4-lane under BOT Concessionaire.                                            | Under Existing 4-lane under BOT Concessionaire.                                            | Under Existing 4-lane under BOT Concessionaire.                                            | Under Existing 4-lane under BOT Concessionaire.                                            |
| 14        | Punjab   | Spur-I    | 24+000     | 41+000     | 16.9         | Under Construction                                                                         | 25.03.2022                                                                                 | 17.04.2023                                                                                 | 16.04.2027                                                                                 |
| 15        | Punjab   | Spur-II   | 41+000     | 71+000     | 30.05        | The EPC Contract has been terminated. The work will be taken up after resolving LA issues. | The EPC Contract has been terminated. The work will be taken up after resolving LA issues. | The EPC Contract has been terminated. The work will be taken up after resolving LA issues. | The EPC Contract has been terminated. The work will be taken up after resolving LA issues. |
| 16        | Punjab   | Spur-III  | 71+000     | 99+000     | 28.07        | Under Construction                                                                         | 12.05.2022                                                                                 | 27.10.2022                                                                                 | 31.12.2025                                                                                 |

| 17   | J&K   | Pkg-14   | 423+50 0   | 468+10 0   |    44.6 | Under Construction   | 13.12.2021   | 26.09.2022   | 31.07.2025   |
|------|-------|----------|------------|------------|---------|----------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 18   | J&K   | Pkg-15   | 468+10 0   | 503+25 0   |  35.15  | Under Construction   | 15.12.2021   | 26.09.2022   | 30.09.2025   |
| 19   | J&K   | Pkg-16   | 503+25 0   | 515+00 0   |  20.385 | Under Construction   | 06.10.2021   | 27.09.2022   | 25.09.2025   |
| 19   | J&K   | Pkg-16   | 0+000      | 7+385      |  20.385 | Under Construction   | 06.10.2021   | 27.09.2022   | 25.09.2025   |
| 20   | J&K   | Pkg-17   | 515+00 0   | 528+30 0   |  28.92  | Under Construction   | 01.08.2022   | 15.06.2023   | 19.02.2026   |
| 20   | J&K   | Pkg-17   | 550+90 0   | 566+52 0   |  28.92  | Under Construction   | 01.08.2022   | 15.06.2023   | 19.02.2026   |
| 21   | J&K   | Pkg-18   | 530+00 0   | 545+30 0   |  15.3   | Under Construction   | 21.03.2023   | 21.11.2023   | 31.03.2026   |
|      | Total | Total    | Total      | Total      | 667     |                      |              |              |              |

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