The
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued Letter of Award (LOA)
for development of following National Highway section in the state of Punjab
under NHDP Phase-V:
|
NH No.
|
Section
|
Length
|
Total Capital
Cost (Crore)
|
Concessionaire’s
Name
|
|
95 (new NH-5)
|
4/6 laning of
Kharar-Ludhiana section
|
76
km
|
Rs. 2,070
crore
|
M/s Ashoka
Concessions Ltd.
|
Development
of 76 km long Kharar-Ludhiana section involves 6-laning of 54 km and 4-laning
of 22 km of National Highways. The project National Highway-5 starts at Kharar
town, passes through Morinda bypass, Khamanno town, proposed Samrala bypass and
terminates at Ludhiana. It will improve connectivity and faster movement of
traffic from Industrial hub of Ludhiana to Chandigarh and other parts of North
India. The project shall also provide alternate connectivity of Chandigarh to
NHAI-1, as well as for the traffic from South-West Punjab to the Chandigarh
city.
The
project will have 2 Major Bridges, 6 Minor Bridges, 8
Flyovers, 6 Vehicular Underpasses, 10 Pedestrian Underpasses, 126 Culverts, 46
km long Service Lane, 9 Major Junctions, 253 Minor Junctions and 8 km long
bypass at Samrala.
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