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Rs 1,878 Crore Six-Lane Zirakpur Bypass Gets Cabinet Nod, To Decongest Chandigarh-Panchkula-Mohali Urban Belt And Improve Himachal Access
Proposed Zirakpur bypass map
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the construction of a six-lane Zirakpur Bypass spanning 19.2 km across Punjab and Haryana under the Hybrid Annuity Mode.
The bypass will begin at the junction with NH-7 (Zirakpur–Patiala/Chandigarh–Bathinda) and terminate at the junction with NH-5 (Zirakpur–Parwanoo) in Haryana's Panchkula.
The alignment follows the Punjab Government's Master Plan in Punjab and is part of the Union Government’s broader effort to develop integrated transport infrastructure under the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan.
"The Zirakpur Bypass starts from the junction with NH-7 (Chandigarh-Bathinda) in Zirakpur and follows the Punjab Government Master Plan in Punjab and terminates at the junction with NH-5 (Zirakpur-Parwanoo) in Panchkula of Haryana, thus avoiding the highly urbanized and congested stretch of Zirakpur in Punjab and Panchkula in Haryana," the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement.
"The primary purpose of the project is to ease up congestion in Zirakpur, Panchkula and surrounding areas by diverting traffic from Patiala, Delhi, Mohali Aerocity and providing direct connectivity to Himachal Pradesh," the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said.
The current proposal aims at reducing the travel time and ensuring hassle-free traffic movement in the congested urban section of NH-7, NH-5 and NH-152.
The Zirakpur Bypass also forms a critical component of the proposed ring road project to decongest the Chandigarh, Panchkula, and Mohali urban agglomeration.
