Khattar for NH status for Ratia-Fatehabad road

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, July 1

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has urged the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to declare the road stretch from Haryana-Punjab border Ratia-Fatehabad with a length of 31.658 km falling in Haryana as national highway. A spokesman of the Public Works (Building and Roads) Department said that the proposed start point for the stretch falling in Haryana is at Haryana-Punjab border and end point has been proposed at junction of project road with Fatehabad bypass, which is part of Delhi-Hisar-Sirsa road NH-9 (old NH-10).

This road connects NH-9 that is Delhi-Hisar-Fazilka road with NH-148B that is Kotputli-Narnaul-Bhiwani-Hansi-Tohana-Jakhal-Budhlada-Mansa-Bathinda road. These two main arteries carry interstate freight traffic from northern India. He said that by declaring Fatehabad-Budhlada road stretch as national highway and upgrading it to NH standards, connection between the above two national highways would reduce the travel time and improve the connectivity between Fatehabad (on NH-9) and Budhlada (on NH-148B).

He said that it served as one of the main entry point to Punjab and connects Barnala, Mansa and Ludhiana towns. Besides, it also improves the economic activity from Hisar, Fatehabad and Uklana towns with nearby business centres of Punjab. Ratia and Fatehabad being major towns with an enhanced business activity would further facilitate their growth and development with this connectivity, he added.