Government will soon launch two expressway projects – Delhi-Amritsar-Katra and Delhi-Jaipur which will significantly reduce the travel time to Katra and Jaipur from the national capital. <br/><br/>Official sources said in New Delhi that in principle approval was granted for launch of two greenfield projects ay a meeting chaired by Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari. <br/><br/>The meeting was also attended by Deputy Chief Minister Punjab Sukhbir Badal, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal and Union Steel Minister Birendra Singh.<br/>The distance between Delhi and Katra will reduced to 572 km from the present 727 km after completion of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra project which will pass via Jind in Haryana.