The Trans-Haryana Expressway or the Ambala–Narnaul Expressway (NH-152D) is a 227-km long, 6-lane wide greenfield access-controlled expressway, connecting the cities of

Ambala Ambala () is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab (India), Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically, Ambala ...

and

Narnaul Narnaul is a city, a Municipal Council, and location of headquarters of the Mahendragarh district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is located in the National Capital Region of India. History & etymology During the early vedic period o ...

in the state of

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

. The expressway connects Gangheri village (on NH-152) in

Kurukshetra district Kurukshetra district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. The town of Kurukshetra, a sacred place for the Hindus, is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district occupies an area of 1530.00 km2. ...

(near Ismailabad) with Surana village on

Bypass ( NH-148B) in

Mahendragarh district Mahendragarh district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. The district occupies an area of 1,899 km² and has a population of 922,088 (2021census). District have 4 Sub-divisions : Narnaul, Mahendragarh, Nangal ...

. It passes via

Kaul Kaul (also spelled Koul; ) is a Kashmiris, Kashmiri surname that is used by the Kashmiri Pandit community in India., ''...looms rose to 24,000 by 1813. Despite the religious oppression that many hindus were subjected , they were however, use ...

Pundri Pundri is a City and a municipal committee in Kaithal district of the Indian States and territories of India, state of Haryana. Pundri along with Pundrak was named after the sage Pundarik, who is highly revered by all Hindus. Pundri is the seat ...

, Pillu khera,

Julana Julana is a deity of the Jumu and Luritja people of Western Australia and the Northern Territory in Australia. In the mythology of the Jumu and Luritja people, Julana is an echerous spirit who surprises women by burrowing beneath the sand, leapi ...

, Kalanaur,

Charkhi Dadri Charkhi Dadri is a city and the headquarters of Charkhi Dadri district in the Indian state of Haryana, about 90 km from the national capital Delhi. The town was made by joining the villages of Charkhi and Dadri after urban development. Ch ...

and Kanina. It will reduce the distance from

Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

, and

Jaipur Jaipur (; , ) is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the List of cities and towns in Rajasthan, largest city of the north-western States and union territories of India, Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had ...

, thus decongesting NH-44 and

NH-48 National Highway 48 (NH 48) is a major National Highway of India that starts at Delhi and terminates at Chennai traversing through seven states of India. It has a total length of 2807 km (1744 miles). NH 48 passes through the states o ...

. The alignment intersects with 15 national highways, including NH-9, and several State Highways, including SH6, SH9, SH8, SH11, SH12, SH14, SH10, SH16A, SH20, SH24 and SH26. The area around the expressway is being developed as an industrial corridor, named as the Ambala–Kotputli Economic Corridor. Construction was started in July 2020, and was completed and opened for traffic on 1 August 2022. The industrial corridor consists of four road projects, which have: * 39-km section of NH-152 from

to Ismailabad * 227-km long Ambala-Narnaul Expressway * 14-km section of

Bypass * 30-km section of NH-148B from Narnaul Bypass to Paniyala Mor (

). * 22.85 km extension of Jalbehra to Shahbad Expressway

Details

Costing

₹ The Indian rupee sign ⟨₹⟩ is the currency symbol for the Indian rupee (ISO 4217: INR), the official currency of India. Designed by D. Udaya Kumar, it was presented to the public by the Government of India on 15 July 2010, following its ...

5,108

crore Crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes the quantity ten million (107) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. In many international contexts, the decimal quantity is formatted as 10,000,000, but when used in the context of the India ...

, it will have 70 metre

right of way A right of way (also right-of-way) is a specific route that people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so. Rights-of-way in the physical sense include controlled-access h ...

, 122 bridges and underpasses and 1,36,000 trees would be planted on either sides is being developed by the

National Highways Authority of India The National Highways Authority of India or NHAI () is an autonomous agency of the Government of India, set up in 1995 (Act 1988) and is responsible for management of a road network of over 50,000 km of National highways out of 1,32,499 ...

(NHAI) under

Bharatmala The Bharatmala Pariyojna ( 'India garland project') is a project in India implemented by Government of India. It was slated to interconnect 550 District Headquarters (from the current 300) through a minimum 4-lane highway by raising the numbe ...

project.New NH to be constructed
Daily Pioneer, 11 December 2018. Grenfield alignment will reduce the Ismailabad to Narnaul distance by 35 km from the existing 265 km route to 230 km new route.
The New Indian Express, 20 July 2018. Construction will create 1,500 full-time jobs for 3 years and 120 ongoing jobs will be created for the Toll Plaza staff.Pre-feasibility report
/ref> To reduce the environmental impact the

fly ash Coal combustion products (CCPs), also called coal combustion wastes (CCWs) or coal combustion residuals (CCRs), are byproducts of burning coal. They are categorized in four groups, each based on physical and chemical forms derived from coal combust ...

will be used from the Tau Devilal Thermal Power Plant at

Panipat Panipat () is an industrial , located 95 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-44 in Panipat district, Haryana, India. It is famous for three major battles fought in 1526, 1556 and 1761. The city is also known as ...

, Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project at

Jhajjar Jhajjar is a town in Jhajjar district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is a part of Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) and situated on the road connecting Rewari to Rohtak (NH-352), Loharu to Meerut (NH334B), Charkhi Dadri to Delhi and Gu ...

and

Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station is located at Khedar village near Barwala in Hisar district of Haryana, India. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL). The Engineering ...

Hisar Hissar () means fort or castle in Arabic, with variants adopted into Persian (hesar, hessar) and Turkish (hisar). Hissar, Hisar and Hesar may refer to: Places Asia (South and Central) India *Hisar (city), a city in Haryana **Hisar Airport in Hi ...

Route alignment

It passes through the areas lying in the following 8 districts of

: 1.

* Gangheri, NH152D will interchange with the exiting NH152 (

Pehowa Pehowa () (old name Pitrudhak Teerth) is a town and a municipal committee in Kurukshetra district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is an important sacred Hindu pilgrimage site, related to Krishna and the ''Mahabharata'', within the 48 Kos P ...

) at Gangheri which is 8 km south of Ismailabad and 8 km north of

* Pehowa, interchange with SH6 (Pehowa to Kurukshetra-

Yamunanagar Yamunanagar () is a city and a municipal corporation in Yamunanagar district in the Indian state of Haryana. This town is known for the cluster of plywood units and paper factories. It provides timber to larger industries. The older town is ...

) east of Pehowa 2.

Kaithal district Kaithal district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, a state in northern India. Kaithal town is the district headquarters. History This district came into existence on 1 November 1989. Theh Polar archaeological site Theh Polar, the ...

, interchange with SH9 (Pehowa to

Karnal Karnal () is a city located in the state of Haryana, India and is the administrative headquarters of Karnal District. The city is well connected as it lies on National Highway 01, in the south of the city lies the cities of Panipat and Sonipa ...

) at Dhand just north of Kaul *

, interchange with SH8 (Kaithal to Karnal) 3 km east of Pundri 3.

Jind district Jind district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Jind town is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is part of Hisar Division and was created in 1966. Etymology The district derives its name from its ...

Jind Jind is one of the largest and oldest cities in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the administrative headquarter of Jind district. Rani Talab is the main destination for tourists while Pandu Pindara and Ramrai are the ma ...

city, ** northeast: interchange with

SH12 SH1 or SH-1 may refer to: * State Highway 1; see List of highways numbered 1 * SH1 (classification), a Paralympic shooting classification * PCL-09, exported as SH1, a Chinese truck-mounted howitzer artillery system * Silent Hill, the first video g ...

(Jind to Assand–Karnal) 25 km northeast of Jind near Badhana-Popran ** northeast: interchange with

Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway is an under-construction long, 4-lane (expandable to 8 lanes) wide Controlled-access highway, controlled-access expressway, which will connect Bahadurgarh border near Delhi with Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, Ka ...

west of village Ratoli ** east: interchange with SH14 (Jind to Panipat) 15 km east of Jind at Jamni near Pilu Khera ** southeast: interchange with SH11 (Jind to Gohana-

Sonipat Sonipat is a planned industrial city and administrative headquarter in Sonipat district of Haryana state of India. It comes under the National Capital Region and is around from New Delhi. It lies 214 km (128 miles) southwest of Chandigar ...

) 15 km east of Jind ** Kila zafargarh, interchange with NH352 (Jind-

to Lakhan Majra–

Rohtak Rohtak () is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies north-west of New Delhi and south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH 9 (old NH 10). Rohtak forms a part of the Nationa ...

) 4 km south of Julana 4.

Rohtak district Rohtak district is a district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is located in the southeast of the state and northwest of Delhi, bounded by Jind and Sonipat districts to the north, Jhajjar and Sonipat districts to the east, and Hissar, C ...

Maham Meham, also spelled Maham, is a small city in Rohtak district of the Indian state of Haryana. It is one of the two sub-divisions in Rohtak district. As a tehsil, it is further divided into two community development blocks, Maham and Lakhan-Majr ...

city ** northeast: interchange with SH16A (

Bhiwani Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana. Besides being a seat of spiritual learning, the city is at the centre of regional politics and hometown of three former Haryana chief ministers: Bansi Lal ...

to Lakhan Majra- Gohana–Panipat) 8 km northeast of Meham and 7 km southwest of Lakhan Majra ** east: interchange with NH9 (Delhi-Hisar-

Sirsa Sirsa is a city and a municipal council in Sirsa district in the westernmost region of the Indian state of Haryana, bordering Punjab and Rajasthan. It is located near the Thar Desert, 250 kilometres north-west of New Delhi and 260 kilometers s ...

) 10 km east of Meham at Kharkara and 15 km west of

* Kalanaur, interchange with NH709 (

to Rohtak) 5.

Bhiwani district Bhiwani district is one of the 22 Districts of Haryana, districts of the northern Indian state of Haryana. Created on 22 December 1972, it was the largest district of the state by area, before the creation of Charkhi Dadri district, Charkhi Dadr ...

* Baund Kalan, 20 km east of Bhiwani * Sanwar, 20 km southeast of Bhiwani 6.

Charkhi Dadri district Charkhi Dadri District is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in north west India near Rajasthan border, but not sharing border with Rajasthan. Created on 1 December 2016, the district headquarters is the city of Charkhi Dadri. History ...

city ** east: interchange with NH334B (Loharu-Charkhi Dadri to Jhajjar) 5 km east of

* Sehlang ** interchange with Major District Road (MDR) near Baghot village. ** west: interchange with SH24 (

Mahendragarh Mahendragarh is a city and a municipal committee in Mahendragarh district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is nearly from Gurgaon and comes under National Capital Region (India). Etymology Earlier earlier was known as Kanaud because i ...

- Kanina-

Rewari Rewari is a city and a municipal council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the district headquarters of Rewari district. It is located in south-west Haryana around 82 km from DelhiMahendragarh Mahendragarh is a city and a municipal committee in Mahendragarh district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is nearly from Gurgaon and comes under National Capital Region (India). Etymology Earlier earlier was known as Kanaud because i ...

and 9 km west of Kanina ** Optional extension spur from NH152D at Mahendragarh to Bhiwadi Airport at Kotkasim via Delhi–Alwar RRTS at Pali and

Bawal Bawal is a big industrial town located, near Rewari city in Rewari district in Indian state of Haryana. It lies in the National Capital Region (NCR) of India. It is located on national highway NH 48 (formerly called NH 8), 11 km from ...

(NH48

Delhi–Jaipur Expressway Delhi–Jaipur Highway or NH48Delhi J ...

), and beyond to

Delhi–Mumbai Expressway The Delhi–Vadodra–Mumbai Expressway is a 1,350 km long, 8-lane wide (expandable to 12-lane) under-construction (partially operational) access-controlled expressway connecting India's national capital New Delhi to its financial capital ...

Ferozepur Jhirka Ferozepur Jhirka, ocassionaly called Jhirka, is a town and historical settlement in the Ferozepur Jhirka, a sub-division of the Nuh district in the Indian state of Haryana. Sh Rajkumar Gupta won the presidential election of Bar Association F ...

and

Western Peripheral Expressway The Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE) or Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway (KMP Expressway), is an operational 6-lane (3 lanes in each direction),Palwal Palwal is a city and a municipal council. It is the headquarters of Palwal district, the 21st district of Haryana state in northern India. It is a centre of the cotton trade in the area. It is part of Braj region. It is also a part of Na ...

, then to

Noida International Airport Noida International Airport is an international airport near Jewar in YEIDA city of Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh state of India. It is projected to become the largest airport in both India and Asia, with plans to handle 12 mil ...

and

Yamuna Expressway Yamuna Expressway is a 6-lane wide (expandable to 8) and long access-controlled expressway in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is presently India's sixth longest expressway and connects Greater Noida with Agra. It was built to de-conge ...

Jewar Jewar is a town and a nagar panchayat in Gautam Buddha Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Noida, Dadri and Jewar are the 3 sub-divisions of GB Nagar district, each headed by a SDM. History The ancient name of the town wa ...

, and finally to

Ganga Expressway Ganga Expressway is an under-construction, long, 6-lane (expandable to 8 lanes), greenfield expressway along the Ganges River connecting eastern and western boundaries of Uttar Pradesh state in India. It constitutes two phases, almost-complete ...

via

Khurja Khurja is a city (and a municipal board) in Bulandshahr district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated around 20 km from Bulandshahr and 85 km from Delhi. Khurja supplies a large portion of th ...

–

Bareilly Bareilly () is a city in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is among the largest metropolises in Western Uttar Pradesh and is the centre of the Bareilly division as well as the historical region of Rohilkhand. The city ...

( NCR Counter Magnet City)–

Tanakpur Tanakpur is a city and a municipal board, near Champawat town in Champawat district of Uttarakhand state of India. Located in the plains area in the northern part of India. The town is the gateway for Purnagiri Temple (around 24 km from h ...

(starting point of Indian-route of Kailash–Manasarovar Yatra). **

, interchange with NH148B (

Kotputli Kotputli is a city and municipal council in Kotputli-Behror district of Rajasthan, India, located between Jaipur city and New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territo ...

) and terminate at

bypass. The NH148B (former SH129 and SH17) connects

(45 km south of Narnaul) to

Bathinda Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda district. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa Region, west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth ...

via

–

Hansi Hansi, is a city and municipal council in Hisar district in the Indian state of Haryana. It appears that at one time Hansi was larger, more prosperous and more important than Hisar. The town has several important buildings of archeological impor ...

–Barwala–

Tohana Tohana is a city and a municipal council, just 56 km from Fatehabad City in Fatehabad district in the Indian state of Haryana. Its name comes from the Sanskrit 'Taushayana'. It is known as the City of Canals (Nahro ki Nagri). Geography Toha ...

-Jakhal. At

, the NH148B meets the

Delhi–Jaipur Expressway Delhi–Jaipur Highway or NH48Delhi J ...

(

NH48 National Highway 48 (NH 48) is a major National Highway of India that starts at Delhi and terminates at Chennai traversing through seven states of India. It has a total length of 2807 km (1744 miles). NH 48 passes through the states o ...

). Together NH148B and NH48 will connect the

Hisar Airport Maharaja Agrasen International AirportBhiwadi Airport at Kotkasim.

Inter-connectivity

Narnaul–Alwar Expressway

Paniyala–Barodameo Expressway, 86.5 km long 6-lane access-controlled greenfield expressway from Paniyala (south of

) to

Mator Mator or Motor is an extinct Uralic languages, Uralic language belonging to the group of Samoyedic languages, extinct since around 1839. It was spoken in the northern region of the Sayan Mountains in Siberia, close to the Mongolian north bord ...

Alwar Alwar ( Rajasthani Pronunciation: �lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region (NCR) and the administrative headquarters of Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. It is located 150 km south of Delhi and 150 km ...

and Barodameo, will connect the southern end of the Trans-Haryana Expressway to the

at Barodameo. In October 2022, 29 bids were received for the construction of expressway, tender will be awarded by 31st December 2022, after which construction will take 2 years by end of 2024).29 Bidders for Paniyala – Barodameo Expressway's Work in Rajasthan
The Metro Guy, 2 oct 2022. There are plans to extend the expressway from Barodameo through the following: * To Kalapani &

Mount Kailash Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; ''Kangrinboqê'' or ''Gang Rinpoche''; ; ; , ) is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies in the Kailash Range (Gangdisê Mountains) of the Transhimalaya, in the western part ...

:
Bardameo to

Vrindavan Vrindavan (; ), also spelt Vrindaban and Brindaban, is a historical city in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located in the Braj, Braj Bhoomi region and holds religious importance for Hindus who believe that Krishna, one of ...

(via

Deeg Deeg is an ancient historical city in Deeg district of Rajasthan, India. It is carved out from its former district Bharatpur on 7 August 2023. This little city is worth visiting for its unmatched fortifications, extremely beautiful gardens and p ...

–

Govardhan Govardhan also called Giriraj, is a key pilgrimage centre in India and a municipal town; a nagar panchayat; seat of an MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of Legislative Assembly) of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Uttar ...

and

–

–Gunji–

Kalapani territory The Kalapani territory is an area under Indian administration as part of Pithoragarh district in the Kumaon Division of the Uttarakhand state, K. C. SharadKalapani's new 'line of control' Nepali Times, 10 September 2004, p. 6 but it is al ...

. * To Nepal:
Nagar (east of Bardameo) to Bharatpur– Achhnera–

Agra Agra ( ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is the ...

, Yamuna Expressway and

Farrukhabad Farrukhabad is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Farrukhabad tehsil. This city is on the banks of river Ganges is from the national capital Delhi and from the state capital Lucknow. His ...

–

Sitapur Sitapur is a city and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 90 kilometres north of state capital, Lucknow. The traditional origin for the name is said to be by ...

–

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. * To Jhansi and

Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam (; List of renamed places in India, formerly known as Vizagapatam, and also referred to as Vizag, Visakha, and Waltair) is the largest and most populous metropolitan city in the States and union territories of India, Indian stat ...

port:
Bardameo–Jhansi Expressway from Bardameo–Kherli–Suroth–Khurdiya Nayagaon–Golari/Saipur to Kailaras–Bhitarwar–Bhagour–Sijwaha–Jhansi.

Regional Circular Expressway-2

Regional Circular Expressway-3 (CRE3)Draft NCR Regional plan 2041
NCR planning board accessed, 6 dec 2022. will intersect with Trans-Haryana Expressway in two places, between Mahendragarh- Kanina and between

–

Uchana Uchana is a developing town and a municipal committee, near city of Jind in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana. Education Uchana has many government and private schools up to senior secondary level (both English and Hindi medium) and ...

History

Construction

The

NHAI The National Highways Authority of India or NHAI () is an autonomous agency of the Government of India, set up in 1995 (Act 1988) and is responsible for management of a road network of over 50,000 km of National highways out of 1,32,499 ...

has divided the construction work of 227 km-long Ambala–Narnaul Expressway into 8 packages. Package-1 is a

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...

(JV) of JiangXi Construction Engineering, Ceigall India and Shiv Build India; Package-4 is a JV of JiangXi Construction Engineering and Shiv Build India and Package-7 is a JV of Gawar Construction and Shivalaya Construction Company. The list of contractors is as follows:

Construction progress

* Dec 2018: The required 1,826 hectares of land has been acquired at the cost of ₹529.29

s. * Jul 2020:

Union Minister The Union Council of Ministers is the Cabinet (government), principal executive organ of the Government of India, which serves to aid and advise the President of India in execution of their functions.Article 74 of the ''Constitution of India' ...

Nitin Gadkari Nitin Jairam Gadkari (; born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician who serves as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India since 2014. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways, current ...

laid the

foundation stone A cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry Foundation (engineering), foundation. All other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entir ...

for the expressway on 14 July 2020 via video conferencing. * Sep 2020: The expressway will be connected with the under-construction

. * Mar 2021: An under-construction flyover of Package-2 collapsed at Dulyani near

, Kaithal. * Mar 2022: About 95% construction work on the expressway is completed. * Aug 2022: The expressway underwent a trial run for two days, and was opened for traffic on 1 August.

References

External links

Pre-feasibility report
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