Expressway being built on single pillar, says Gadkari
Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari says the 29.6-km Dwarka Expressway, costing Rs.9,000 crore, will be completed in April 2024.
The 8-lane 34-meter-wide expressway is being constructed on 18.9 km single pillar in Haryana and 10.1 km long in Delhi.
Gadkari inspected the Expressway on 18 May along with Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Vinay Kumar Saxena, Minister of State General V.K. Singh, Minister of State Rao Inderjit Singh, MP Pravesh Singh Verma and MP Ramesh Bidhuri.
Interacting with the media, the Minister elaborated on the road network of this expressway is of four levels.
The flyover is being constructed over tunnel, underpass, grade road, elevated road and flyover. A 3-lane service road is being constructed on both sides of the expressway.
The country’s widest 8-lane tunnel of 3.6 km length is being built on this expressway in Delhi to improve the connectivity of the people of Haryana and West Delhi to the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Gadkari said in Haryana, this expressway will intersect Pataudi Road (SH-26) near Harsaru and Farukhnagar (SH-15A) near Basai, apart from this, it will also cross the Delhi-Rewari rail line near Gurgaon Sector-88 (B) and UER-II at Bharthal.
The expressway will connect Sector-21 of Gurgaon with Sector-88, 83, 84, 99, 113 and Dwarka to Global City. This entire expressway will have Intelligent Transport System (ITS) facility. fiinews.com
