The Centre is planning to build a brand new expressway between Delhi and Ludhiana on the lines of a similar stretch between the national capital and Jaipur. To formulate the plan and get the consent of all three states involved, the road transport and highways ministry has called a meeting of CMs from Punjab, Haryana and Delhi on January 16.
Sources said the proposal to build the new highway came from the Punjab government. “The Haryana government has also consented to the proposal. This is the first meeting on this project. Both states have proposed that a stretch branching out from this expressway can join Chandigarh,” a top ministry official said. Earlier, the Centre had announced building an expressway between Delhi and Chandigarh.
Though both Punjab and Haryana are pushing the new plan, there are indications that these projects will have a huge impact on escalating property prices along this corridor and also accelerating urban development. However, sources said that considering the manner in which getting land along existing highway stretches was becoming difficult, the government has to build greenfield (new alignment) expressways for faster traffic movement.
Meanwhile, the Centre is working on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway after finalizing its alignment and the plan to allow seven townships along it.
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