Saharanpur Express cost Rs.10,000Cr

Road projects worth Rs.50,000 crore have been sanctioned for decongesting and improving pollution around Delhi, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on 26 Jan 2019.

Controlling air pollution is not a difficult task with all agencies now agreeing to join hands, he said at the foundation stone laying for development of a six-lane, access-controlled corridor from Akshardham in East Delhi to the Eastern Peripheral Expressway junction on Baghpat Road.

Construction of Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressway around Delhi have brought over 27% reduction in commercial traffic, he pointed out.

Gadkari also announced that the 90 km Delhi-Meerut Express Highway will be operational by April this year.

Meanwhile, work on Saharanpur Express Road has started while Dwarka Expressway work is being taken up at a cost of Rs.10,000 crore.

The 31.3 km road stretch, for which foundation stone was laid on 26 Jan 2019, is part of NH-709B that will run from Akshardham to Saharanpur Bypass. The alignment of the road will be from Akshardham – Geeta Colony – Shastri Park – Khazuri Khas – Delhi/UP border – Mandola – EPE Intersection.

It will be developed in two packages – first a 14.75 km stretch from Akshardham to Delhi/UP border and the other 16.57 km stretch from Delhi/UP border to EPE Intersection. The plan has a 19 km elevated section. The estimated cost of the project is Rs.2,820 crore.

The project includes construction of 3+3 lane service roads on either side of the highway, eight new underpasses, seven ramps connecting major roads, 15 major junctions, 34 minor junctions, and over-bridges at Delhi-Shahdara, New Delhi-Anand Vihar railway lines and Dilshad Garden-ISBT Metro Line.

The high-speed signal-free corridor is expected to help decongest and considerably reduce pollution levels in Delhi NCR. fiinews.com