Katra to Delhi Express Road Corridor to be completed by 2023

The travel time from Katra to Delhi will now be reduced to around six and half hours and from Jammu to Delhi to just about six hours when the Katra- Delhi Express Road Corridor becomes operational which will be ready by 2023.

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The hallmark of this road corridor is that it will connect the holy cities of Katra and Amritsar.

Katra- Delhi Express Road Corridor will also offer connectivity for some other major important religious shrines between the two destinations, he said.

Dr Jitendra Singh said that Katra- Delhi Express Road Corridor is estimated to cost over ₹35,000 crores.

The important cities through which this Expressway Corridor will pass include Jammu and Kathua in J&K, and Jalandhar, Amritsar, Kapurthala and Ludhiana in Punjab.

Dr Jitendra Singh, who is a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) representing Katra Vaishno Devi, had been pursuing this project since 2015.