Question: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has recently the demand of Greenfield Expressway for which of the following city?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Amritsar
(d) Hyderabad
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari announced the development of a new Greenfield connectivity to Amritsar City from Nakodar via Sultanpur Lodhi, Goindwal Sahib, Khadoor Sahib as part of Delhi-Amritsar Expressway on June 2, 2020.
- The road from Amritsar to Gurdaspur would also be fully developed and made completely signal free.
- With this, traffic would have option to travel to Gurdaspur onwards from Nakodar, i.e. via Amritsar or via Kartarpur.
- This greenfield alignment will not only provide shortest and alternate express connectivity to Amritsar city but also to other religious centres of Sultanpur Lodhi, Goindwal Sahib, Khadoor Sahib as well as the recently developed Dera Baba Nanak/Kartarpur Sahib International Corridor in Punjab.
- The first phase of expressway would involve investment of about Rs 25,000 crore.
- Ministry of Road Transport & Highways have taken up development of Delhi Amritsar Katra Expressway under Bharatmala Pariyojana.
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