PM Modi inaugurates two highways in Delhi
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Updating on the platform, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said a dedicated university for Gati Shakti has now been established to make the platform a powerful and transformative pathway for the nation’s progress.
The Prime Minister gave the update at the inauguration of two major National Highway projects worth a combined cost of nearly Rs.11,000 crore at Rohini, Delhi, on 17 Aug.
The projects — the Delhi section of the Dwarka Expressway and the Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) — have been developed under the Government’s comprehensive plan to decongest the capital, with the objective of greatly improving connectivity, cutting travel time, and reducing traffic in Delhi and its surrounding areas https://www.nseindia.com/.
The 10.1 km long Delhi section of Dwarka Expressway has been developed at a cost of around Rs.5,360 crore. The section will also provide multi-modal connectivity to Yashobhoomi, DMRC Blue line and Orange line, upcoming Bijwasan railway station and Dwarka cluster Bus Depot https://www.bseindia.com/.
This section comprises:
Package I: 5.9 km from Shiv Murti intersection to the Road Under Bridge (RUB) at Dwarka Sector-21.
Package II: 4.2 km from Dwarka Sector-21 RUB to the Delhi-Haryana Border, providing direct connectivity to Urban Extension Road-II.
The 19 km long Haryana section of the Dwarka Expressway was earlier inaugurated by the Prime Minister in March 2024 https://www.onlinesbi.sbi/.
PM Modi also inaugurated the Alipur to Dichaon Kalan stretch of Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) along with new links to Bahadurgarh and Sonipat, built at a cost of about Rs.5,580 crores. It will ease traffic on Delhi’s Inner and Outer Ring Roads and busy points like Mukarba Chowk, Dhaula Kuan, and NH-09. The new spurs will give direct access to Bahadurgarh and Sonipat, improve industrial connectivity, cut city traffic, and speed up goods movement in the NCR https://morth.gov.in/. Fiinews.com
