NHAI pushes forward greenfield corridor deadline to Sept from June
Mohali: The National Highways Authority of India (
NHAI
) has extended the deadline for the construction of a
greenfield corridor
to ease traffic congestion on Mohali's Airport Road. Originally set for completion in June this year, the new target date has been pushed forward to Sept.
A senior NHAI official said the 31km corridor, awarded to a Maharashtra-based firm in Oct 2022, is 82% complete. The road will stretch from IT Chowk (PR-7) near
Chandigarh International Airport
to the Kurali-Chandigarh road, cutting through largely undeveloped areas.
This corridor replaces the earlier 40km
Kharar-Banur-Tepla route
, which was scrapped by NHAI in July 2019 due to cost overruns. Once completed, it will serve as a vital bypass for Delhi-bound vehicles heading towards Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, significantly decongesting roads in Chandigarh and Zirakpur.
The total cost of the corridor stands at Rs 1,400 crore, evenly divided between highway construction and land acquisition, with Rs 700 crore allocated to each component. However, the corridor faced a setback in 2021 when work was stalled for eight months due to protests by landowners over compensation.
To resolve the impasse, NHAI revised the land compensation rates from Rs 24 lakh per acre to between Rs 1 crore and Rs 1.09 crore per acre. A total of 450 acres were acquired across 28 villages — 21 in Kharar tehsil and 6 in Mohali tehsil—with most landowners already compensated.
NHAI officials are confident of meeting the target within the revised deadline, and emphasised that the greenfield corridor will play a key role in streamlining interstate traffic and reducing urban bottlenecks in the region.
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