Summary:
As the National Highways Authority of India(NHAI) speed up the process to complete Dwarka Expressway and Urban Extension Road in Delhi, Trans-Haryana and the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressways, Delhi Airport will just be two hours drive from Chandigarh.
NHAI promises this will be a reality by June 2023.
Though the length between these two points would be barely 20 Km less than the Delhi-Chandigarh link, which is about 260 Km, the travel will be reduced by half as commuters will travel through five expressways. “At permitted speed of 120 kmph on expressways, a car can cover this 240 km in just two hours,” said an NHAI officials.
Terming the big push for highway networks as “only a trailer”, highway minister, Nitin Gadkari has said the web of expressways in the part of the country including the Delhi-Mumbai one will transform the way people travel on roads. NHAI chairman SS Sandhu said the competition of the projects will result in seamless connectivity across the region.