Trans–Haryana Expressway

From Bharatpedia, an open encyclopedia


National Highway 152D shield}}
Trans–Haryana Expressway
Ambala–Narnaul Expressway
Route information
Maintained by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Length227 km (141 mi)
ExistedDecember 2021–present
Major junctions
North endIsmailabad (NH-152), Kurukshetra district, Haryana
South endNarnaul (NH-148B), Mahendragarh district, Haryana
Location
StatesHaryana
Highway system

The Trans–Haryana Expressway or Ambala–Narnaul Expressway (NH 152D) is a 227 km long and 6-lane wide access-controlled expressway in the Indian state of Haryana.[1] This expressway connects Ismailabad on NH-152 (Ambala–Pehowa) with Narnaul Bypass on NH-148B via Kaul, Pundri, Assandh, Dhatrath, Lakhan Majra, Kalanaur, and Charkhi Dadri.[2] It's straight-line greenfield alignment will reduce the distance from the state capital Chandigarh to Delhi, Narnaul, and Jaipur, while decongesting NH44 and NH48.[3]

The alignment intersects with at least 15 National Highways including NH-9 and several State Highways including SH6, SH9, SH8, SH11, SH12, SH14, SH10, SH16A, SH20, SH24 and SH26.[4] Area around it is being developed as an industrial corridor. Land acquisition is complete and construction work is expected to be completed by December 2021.

Details[edit]

Costing ₹5,108 crore, it will have 70 metre right of way, 122 bridges and underpasses and 1,36,000 trees would be planted on either sides is being developed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under Bharatmala project.[2][4] Grenfield alignment will reduce the Ismailabad to Narnaul distance by 35 km from the existing 265 km route to 230 km new route.[5] Construction will create 1,500 full-time jobs for 3 years and 120 ongoing jobs will be created for the Toll Plaza staff.[4] To reduce the environmental impact the fly ash will be used from the Tau Devilal Thermal Power Plant at Panipat, Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project at Jhajjar and Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station at Hisar.[4]

Route alignment[edit]

It passes through the areas lying in the following 8 districts of Haryana:[6]

1. Kurukshetra district

  • Gangheri, NH152D will interchange with the exiting NH152 (Ambala-Pehowa) at Gangheri which is 8 km south of Ismailabad and 8 km north of Pehowa
  • Pehowa, interchange with SH6 (Pehowa to Kurukshetra-Yamunanagar) east of Pehowa

2. Kaithal district

  • Kaul, interchange with SH9 (Pehowa to Karnal) at Dand just north of Kaul
  • Pundri, interchange with SH8 (Kaithal to Karnal) 3 km east of Pundri

3. Karnal district

4. Jind district

5. Rohtak District

6. Bhiwani district

7. Charkhi Dadri district

8. Mahendragarh district

Construction[edit]

The NHAI has divided the construction work of 227 km long Ambala–Narnaul Expressway into 8 packages. Package-1 is a Joint Venture (JV) of JiangXi Construction Engineering, Ceigall India and Shiv Build India; Package-4 is a JV of JiangXi Construction Engineering and Shiv Build India and Package-7 is a JV of Gawar Construction and Shivalaya Construction Company. The list of contractors is as follows:

Sr. No Package Length in km Contractor
1. Ismailabad (Kurukshetra)–Dhand (Kaithal) 23 JiangXi – Ceigall – Shiv Build JV
2. Dhand (Kaithal)–Rajound (Kaithal) 33 Gawar Construction
3. Rajound (Kaithal)–Kheri (Jind) 24 Galfar Engineering & Contracting
4. Kheri (Jind)–Julana (Jind) 28 JiangXi – Shiv Build JV
5. Julana (Jind)–Kharkara (Rohtak) 23 Gawar Construction
6. Kharkara (Rohtak)–Charkhi Dadri 34 Gawar Construction
7. Charkhi Dadri–Kanina (Mahendragarh) 35 Gawar – Shivalaya JV
8. Kanina (Mahendragarh)–Narnaul 27 Gawar Construction

Status updates[edit]

  • Dec 2018: The required 1,826 hectares of land has been acquired at the cost of ₹529.29 crores.
  • Jul 2020: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone on 14 July 2020 via webcast.[8][9]
  • Sep 2020 Ambala-Narnaul-Kotputli corridor will be connected with Delhi–Mumbai Expressway.[10]
  • Mar 2021 An under-construction flyover of Package-2 collapsed at Dulyani near Pundri, Kaithal.[11]
  • July 2021: It will be completed by the end of February 2022.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 230 km long highway to be constructed from Ismailabad to Narnaul, Dainik Jagran, 05 July 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 New NH to be constructed, Daily Pioneer, 11 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Delhi to Chandigarh in 2 hours by 2023". Times of India. 16 July 2020.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Pre-feasibility report
  5. ↑ Better connectivity: Government to build five new greenfield road corridors, The New Indian Express, 20 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Eight districts to be connected by Ismailabad-Narnaul Highway". Dainik Bhaskar. 20 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Cargo Airport to boost the real estate market of Bhiwadi, Business Standard, 10 October 2018
  8. ↑ "Shri Gadkari inaugurates and lays foundation stones of new economic corridor projects worth about Rs 20,000 crore in Haryana". Press Information Bureau. 14 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "Gadkari inaugurate, lays foundation stone for 11 National Highway projects worth 20,000 crores in Haryana". The Hindu. 14 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Ambala-Narnaul-Kotputli corridor will be connected with Delhi-Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway". Dainik Jagran. 9 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Under-construction flyover on expressway collapses near Kaithal". Times of India. 1 March 2021.

External links[edit]

Template:IND NH52 sr

Information red.svg
Scan the QR code to donate via UPI
Dear reader, We kindly request your support in maintaining the independence of Bharatpedia. As a non-profit organization, we rely heavily on small donations to sustain our operations and provide free access to reliable information to the world. We would greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to consider donating to our cause, as it would greatly aid us in our mission. Your contribution would demonstrate the importance of reliable and trustworthy knowledge to you and the world. Thank you.

Please select an option below or scan the QR code to donate
₹150 ₹500 ₹1,000 ₹2,000 ₹5,000 ₹10,000 Other


Retrieved from "https://en.bharatpedia.org/index.php?title=Trans–Haryana_Expressway&oldid=158242"