North-South and East-West Corridor
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The North South - East West Corridor (NS-EW) is the largest ongoing expressway project in India. It is the second phase of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), and consists of building 7300 kilometers of four/six lane expressways connecting Srinagar, Kanyakumari, Porbandar and Silchar, at a cost of US$ 12.317 billion (at 1999 prices). As of December 2005, 10.92% of the entire work has been completed, with the final completion date set as February 31 2009.
The NS-EW project is managed by the National Highways Authority of India under the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways.
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[edit] Major Cities
[edit] North South Corridor
(From North to South)
- Srinagar
- Vaishno Devi
- Jammu
- Pathankot
- Jallandhar
- Ambala
- Kurukshetra
- Sonipat
- Delhi
- Mathura
- Agra
- Gwalior
- Jhansi
- Sagar
- Lakhnadon
- Nagpur
- Nizamabad
- Secunderabad
- Hyderabad
- Mahbubnagar
- Kurnool
- Anantapur
- Bangalore
- Hosur
- Krishnagiri
- Salem
- Karur
- Madurai
- Tirunelveli
- Kanyakumari
The Kochi Spur starts from Salem and connects the following cities:
[edit] East West Corridor
(From West to East)
- Porbandar
- Rajkot
- Samakhiali
- Mount Abu
- Udaipur
- Chittorgarh
- Kota
- Shivpuri
- Jhansi
- Sikandra
- Kanpur
- Lucknow
- Gorakhpur
- Muzaffarpur
- Purnia
- Islampur
- Bagdogra
- Kalimpang
- Guwahati
- Silchar
[edit] Trivia
- The following four stretches are common between the Golden Quadrilateral and the NS-EW Corridors.
- Delhi - Agra: Golden Quadrilateral & North-South Corridor
- Sikandra - Kanpur: Golden Quadrilateral & East-West Corridor
- Bangalore - Krishnagiri: Golden Quadrilateral & North-South Corridor
- Udaipur - Chittorgarh: Golden Quadrilateral & East-West Corridor
- Jhansi is the junction of North-South and East-West Corridors.
- The NS-EW Corridors passes through the following states: Andra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Hariyana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Punjab, Rajastan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- 'Mile by Mile, India Paves a Smoother Future' - extremely detailed New York Times article, dated December 4, 2005 (free registration required)
- Official website of the National Highways Authority of India.
- Map of NSEW progress, on the NHAI website.