Here's why it's good news for Delhi that Jaipur and Chandigarh are getting closer.

  • June 13, 2022, 12:32 p.m.

From this week, the travel time between Jaipur and Chandigarh will be reduced by at least three hours, making traveling from southern parts of Haryana such as Mahendragarh, Jind, and Narnaul to the state capital easier. New Delhi to Chandigarh will take barely two-three hours as the NHAI is set to open a 227km new alignment and greenfield link on this corridor..the new six-lane access-controlled highway will also reduce the burden of thousands of heavy and polluting vehicles on the arterial roads of Delhi and NCR, which otherwise pass through this region for inter-state travel. The new highway stretch also shows how the traffic coming from Jaipur to Chandigarh and beyond can use as a bypass for the entire NCR. Currently, vehicles need to either pass through Delhi or take the Western Peripheral Expressway to bypass the national capital. Similarly, traffic coming from Chandigarh towards Jaipur and Mumbai can use this stretch for faster travel without entering the NCR. Officials said the 340km Trans-Haryana highway was planned to decongest the national highways linking Delhi, which are getting clogged, and also to accelerate economic activity in relatively backward areas of Haryana. I traveled on the greenfield highway stretch on Sunday. "This greenfield link, which is a part of the Ambala-Kotputli Economic Corridor, has reduced the distance between Jaipur and Chandigarh by 50 km. The Trans-Haryana Highway project from Panchkula to Kotputli will open up economic activities across the backward districts of south Haryana. "Currently, you see all developments only along the Delhi-Chandigarh and Delhi-Jaipur stretch," said a senior central government official. The economic corridor comprises four road projects. While the first stretch of 39km of the existing NH from Ambala to Ismailabad has been upgraded, the NHAI has built the 227km greenfield link between Ismailabad and Narnaul Bypass. The last leg of 44km of the existing NH between Narnaul Bypass and Paniyala Mod near Kotputli has been upgraded. Officials stated that all work was completed on time and that the stretch has the best facilities for commuters. The NHAI has bid out six wayside amenities for commuters, and these complexes on both sides of the NH will have restaurants, fuel stations, vehicle charging points, and immediate trauma care facilities. "We have used anti-glare blades in the median of the road to prevent high-beam lights impacting vehicles coming from other directions." For every 30km, we have a crane, an ambulance, and a patrolling vehicle. "The video incident detection system is already operational to deal with any emergency," said an official involved in the project.

Author : Rajdhani Delhi Representative

Rajdhani delhi representative

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