Gadkari gives update on highway projects

Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has announced development of a new highway alignment between Delhi and Mumbai.  A sum of one lakh crore rupees will be spent on this expressway, said the Minister.

He also disclosed plans for a Chambal Expressway which would be connected to this Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, and is likely to benefit states like Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, as well as the backward area, upgrading their status to the like of Gurugram, a large urban hub in Haryana and off Delhi.

Addressing a media event in New Delhi 16 April 2018, Gadkari outlined major initiatives of his ministry for de-congestion of Delhi National Capital Region (NCR).

A total of 10 projects are underway costing Rs.35,600 crore rupees.

An ambitious scheme of developing Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways around Delhi was taken up, and the Eastern Peripheral Expressway will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the 29th of this month.

Similarly, to ease traffic in East Delhi, Delhi-Meerut Expressway was envisaged, and its Delhi-Dasna portion will also be inaugurated by the Prime Minister on the same date.

Gadkari said that Rs.260 crore contract has been awarded for work on signal free corridor from Dhaula Kuan to Airport.

Eight-lane fully access-controlled Dwarka Expressway is being developed in four packages, costing Rs.9,500 crore.

While three packages have already been awarded, the work on the Expressway is likely to start in a month’s time.

Additionally, under improvement of Mahipalpur at Rangpuri, a bypass is being envisaged to connect Dwarka/NH8.

Regarding development of major junctions on NH8 in Gurugram like the flyoverunderpass at IFFCO Chowk, Signature Tower intersection, Rajiv Chowk and Hero Honda Chowk, the Minister said Rs.1,000 crore worth of work has been substantially completed. fii-news.com