Highways projects worth over Rs 5,000 cr. underway to decongest NCR Delhi : Gadkari

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New Delhi : Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari on March 1, 2019, laid the foundation of yet another National Highways project to decongest Delhi and the NCR region.

The proposed 59 km long six-lane access-controlled highway will connect the Ring Road-DND junction to the interchange of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway at KMP passing through Kalindi bypass and Faridabad-Ballabhgarh bypass. It will bring down the traffic congestion that this area faces and will also help bring down pollution levels.  The cost of this project is estimated at Rs 3,580 crore.

Addressing a public gathering on the occasion, Gadkari assured that work on this highway will begin within two months and the entire project will be completed in two years. He thanked the state governments of UP, Haryana, and Delhi for their cooperation in the project. Underlining the prospective development of the region, Gadkari called upon Haryana to consider developing new townships of Faridabad and Gurugram on the lines of Navi Mumbai.

Reiterating the government’s commitment for developing the capital city on international standards providing world class transport amenities and reducing the high levels of pollution, Gadkari said that highways projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore are underway to decongest NCR Delhi.

Minister of State for Planning (I/C) and Chemical and Fertilizers Rao Indrajit Singh said roads are key to economic development of any country. He said, the national highways projects that the government has implemented over last five years will go a long way in bringing prosperity to the country.

Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Krishna Pal Gurjar equated the work of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways with that of the Bullet Train as highways construction work has gone up from 10 km to over 30 km per day.

The access-controlled highway project will have 3+3 lane service roads on either sides for about 29 km, 7.350 km of elevated section with two level crossings at four locations of Metro line, 18 new underpasses, and nine interchanges with improved junctions. The project will decongest Delhi with reduction of traffic congestion in Ashram-Badarpur-Faridabad-Ballabhgarh region.

This project would be in addition to the nine other projects being implemented for decongesting NCR Delhi. They include the 3 km signal free corridor from Dhaulakuan to Airport at a cost of Rs 280 crore, which is about 40 % completed; the 22 km 6-lane elevated corridor on Gurugram-Sohna Road costing Rs 2,000 crore on which work has started; 8-lane Delhi-Panipat highway from Mukarba Chowk to Panipat on NH-1, according to a PIB release.