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Zirakpur bypass and Tirupati-Katpadi doubling

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Zirakpur bypass and Tirupati-Katpadi doubling (GS3 · Infrastructure, 9 April 2025)

What happened

  • CCEA approved a 19.2 km six-lane Zirakpur bypass on HAM at ₹1,878.31 crore [PIB].
  • It also approved Tirupati-Pakala-Katpadi doubling (104 km) for ₹1,332 crore [PIB].

Background

  • Zirakpur bypass is in Punjab and Haryana [PIB].

Why it matters

  • The bypass should ease traffic around Chandigarh.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Infrastructure: energy, ports, roads, airports, railways; investment models

  1. As per PIB (2025-04-09): CCEA approved a 19.2 km six-lane Zirakpur bypass on HAM at ₹1,878.31 crore.
  2. The bypass should ease traffic around Chandigarh.
Quotable data point

It also approved Tirupati-Pakala-Katpadi doubling (104 km) for ₹1,332 crore.

PIB: Cabinet: Zirakpur bypass, 9 Apr 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: HAM.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Zirakpur bypass mode

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerInfrastructure in India: Importance, Financing, PPP Models, National Infrastructure Pipeline and PM Gati Shakti (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: Cabinet: Zirakpur bypass, 9 Apr 2025

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