NHAI has cleared a Rs.40-bn project that includes faster connectivity between Chandigarh and Ludhiana. This will be part of the upcoming Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway. It will reduce travel time between the two cities to less than one hour from the present 1.5 hours while also reducing travel time from Delhi Airport to Chandigarh Airport to two hours via Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II), Delhi-Katra Expressway. NHAI is developing a 670-km Delhi-Amritsar-Katra greenfield expressway which would provide connectivity to Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur and Jammu, under the Bharatmala Pariyojana. The DPR for the proposed road is in progress. Contact: TS Chahal, Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, Punjab. Address: PWD (B&R), Punjab, Block-C, Nirman Bhawan, District Administrative Complex, Patiala. Tel: 0175-236 0003. Mobile: (0) 98767 13107. Website: www.pwdpunjab.gov.in