New Delhi, March 11 -- The 667-km Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway will now be completed in phases up to March 2028, with several stretches facing delays and some contracts being foreclosed and re-tendered, Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The expressway connecting Delhi with Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir is expected to reduce the Delhi-Amritsar distance by around 40 km and cut travel time to about five hours. The journey from Delhi to Katra is expected to take around seven hours once the project is completed. Gadkari said contracts for four stretches covering 147.66 km have been foreclosed and fresh bids have been invited to complete the work. These include Section VIII (35.09 km), Section X (39.5 km), Section XI (43.02 km) and Amritsar Spur Section II (30.05 km). Following the termination of the earlier contracts, these sections will be executed through a fresh bidding process. Among the delayed components, Amritsar Spur Section I (16.9 km) has seen the longest extension, with the completion timeline shifting from April 2026 to March 2028. Amritsar Spur Section III (28.07 km) has been pushed from October 2024 to February 2027. On the main corridor, Section XV (35.15 km) has also witnessed a major revision, with its completion now expected in October 2026 instead of September 2024. Five stretches have already been completed. These include Sections I (34 km), II (26.8 km), III (30.6 km) and IV (28.85 km) in Haryana, which were scheduled for completion between December 2023 and January 2024, as well as Section VI (30.91 km) in Punjab....