National Highway 10 (India, old numbering)

National Highway 10 marker

National Highway 10

Road map of India with National Highway 10 highlighted in solid blue color
Route information
Length: −1 km (0 mi)
Major junctions
East end: Delhi
 
West end: Fazilka
Location
States: Delhi: 18 km
Haryana: 313 km
Punjab: 72 km
Primary
destinations:		 Delhi - Rohtak - Hisar - Sirsa - Fazilka
Highway system
← NH 9NH 11 →

National Highway 10 was a National Highway, length 403 km (250 mi),[1] in northern India that originates at Delhi and ends at the town of Fazilka in Punjab near the Indo-Pak Border. It is now part of the renumbered National Highway 9.

Upgrades

Four-laning between Hissar and Rohtak

As of 2016 June, a special purpose vehicle, Rohtak-Hissar Tollway Pvt Ltd, completed the widening of the stretch from Hissar to Rohtak to four lanes (two lanes in each direction with wide paved shoulders and a tree-lined median in the middle). The concession period for the project, including the construction period, is 22 years.[2]

The National Highways Authority of India's National Highways Development Project NHAI NHDP Phase-3 project has acquired additional 591.84 hectares of land for road widening and building:

Four-laning between Hisar to Sirsa and Dabwali

The project in Build–operate–transfer (BOT) toll road mode is on a design, built, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) pattern, having a concession period of 24 years including a 2.5 years construction period. The project was started in 2015 and is progressing at a good pace. The project is expected to be completed on time. It also covers the following:[3]

Safety

Safety improvements undertaken by NHAI and PWD since 2012 have resulted in a decline in road fatalities on NH10. Scheduled improvements include rumble strips, additional signage, and reflective markers.[4]

Popular media

The Bollywood thriller movie NH10 produced by Anushka Sharma is based on a story of travel on the National Highway 10. However, the condition of the highway is much better than as compared to what was shown in the movie, and it does not pass through Gurgaon.

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 10, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  2. ↑ "CMIE". cmie.com. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Hissar-Dabwali highway, National Highway Authority of India
  4. ↑ "Death toll on NH-10 dips". 19 July 2012.
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