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North-South & East-West Corridors | | The
Golden Quadrilateral | | National
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The
government has charted down certain policies for upgradation
of existing as well construction of new highways which are
as stated below:
North-South
& East-West Corridors
(7,300
Kms connecting Kashmir to Kanyakumari and Silchar to Porbandhar)
 This
plan aims to connect the northern most tip, Jammu to the extreme
South - Kanyakumari. Two 8-lane, 7000-kms expressways are
to be built for the purpose. According to the Chairman of
the task force on infrastructure, Mr. Jaswant Singh, 30 points
have been identified by the Government for the purpose.
The North-South Expressway goes from Jammu to Kanyakumari
through Delhi, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Coimbatore,
and the East-West Expressway runs from Silchar to Somnath
through Calcutta.
Total length of North-South Corridor from Kashmir to Kanyakumari
and East-West corridor from Silchar to Saurashtra is about
7,300 Kms(including Salem - Cochin spur) . The programme was
lauched by Hon'ble Prime Minister Mr. Atal Bihari
Vajpayee on January 2, 1999. The programme will
be completed in different phases in a time span of 10
years. Action plan is as under:
| Corridor
From |
To |
Passing
through |
North
South |
Kashmir
Kanyakumari |
Jammu-Jalandhar-
Delhi- Mathura-
Agra- Gwalior -
Jhansi - Nagpur-
Hyderabad -Bangalore -
Hosur -Salem -
Kanyakumari |
East
West |
Silchar
Saurashtra |
Silchar-Guwahati-
Siliguri-Purnia-
Muzaffarpur-Lucknow-
Kanpur- Jhansi-
Udaipur-Palanpur-
Rajkot-Porbandar |
The
Golden Quadrilateral
( 5,952 Kms connecting Delhi-Calcutta-Chennai-Mumbai
)
Another
ambitious plan on the anvil is the 5000 km Golden Quadrilateral
project that aims to connect the four metros (Delhi, Calcutta,
Mumbai, Chennai) via National Highways. 77 routes have been
identified , which will also connect major cities and ports.The
existing National Highways are to be upgraded from 2-lanes
lanes to 4-lanes and even at certain places to 6-lanes,
depending upon the density of the traffic.
| NH |
From
To |
Total
Length ( Kms) |
| 2 |
Delhi
to Calcutta |
1469 |
| 5,6
& 60 |
Calcutta
to Chennai |
1745 |
| 8 |
Delhi
to Mumbai |
1436 |
| 4,7&46 |
Chennai
to Mumbai |
1302 |
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