Panipat Elevated Corridor | |
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Route information | |
Maintained by L&T Panipat Elevated Corridor Limited | |
Length | 10 km (6.2 mi) |
Existed | July 2008–present |
Location | |
Country | India |
State | Haryana |
Major cities | Panipat |
Highway system | |
State Highways in Haryana |
Panipat Elevated Corridor is an Indian elevated six-lane expressway located in Panipat, Haryana. The entire stretch has been developed into an elevated six-lane access-controlled highway to by-pass the city of Panipat.
The expressway was built to ease the traffic on NH-1 (now NH-44, also known as the Grand Trunk Road) between Delhi and Amritsar. It is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) long. [1] This INR 4.22 billion build-operate-transfer (BoT) project has been executed by L&T Panipat Elevated Corridor Limited (L&T PECL), in a time period of 28 months at a cost of INR 325 crores. [2] National Highways Authority of India had allotted a 20-year concession period (which started in January 2006) to L&T PECL to finance, design, build, operate and maintain this facility. [3]
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