Soon, NH to connect Kurukshetra to Mahendergarh

1,826.05 HECTARES OF LAND HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR THIS ₹5,108-CRORE PROJECT

CHANDIGARH: A 230-km long national highway will soon connect Kurukshetra and Mahendergarh. An official spokesperson said a meeting regarding the ₹5,108-crore project was held at Jind on Monday.

Farmers, whose land has been acquired for this national highway, were also present in the meeting.

The officers of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Deputy Commissioner, Jind, Amit Khatri interacted with the farmers and heard their grievances and took their suggestions. Replying to the questions of the farmers, the officers said that if any structure, house, tree, tubewell or any private property gets affected on the acquired land, then the land owner would be compensated for the same.

The spokesperson said that a total of 1,826.05 hectares of land has been acquired for this project.

The national highway would enter Jind at Alanjogi Khera village and pass through Ritauli, Kharak Gadian, Jamni, Amrawali Khera, Pillu Khera, Siwaha, Aasan, Bhartana, Chabri, Lalit Khera, Nidana, Bhairon Khera, Dhigana, Nandgarh, Lajwana Khurd, Sirsa Kheri, Fatehgarh, Lajwana Kalan, Budha Khera Lathar, Kila Zafargarh and enter Rohtak through Gugaheri village.

The spokesperson said that this national highway would pass through Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Karnal, Jind, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri and Mahendragarh.

The construction work of the project would complete in about two-and-a-half years.