This Article is From Mar 11, 2024

PM Opens Key Phase Of Dwarka Expressway, Will Ease Delhi-Gurugram Travel

Dwarka Expressway is the first expressway in India built on single pillars and has several underpasses and service roads along the 18-km stretch

The eight-lane expressway will provide direct connectivity to IGI airport and Gurugram Bypass.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated a key phase of the landmark Dwarka Expressway that would ease the traffic on the Delhi-Gurugram route.

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  1. The Haryana section of the Dwarka Expressway was opened today, which aims to improve traffic flow between Delhi and Gurugram on NH-48. The expressway will cut the travel time by at least 20 minutes for 90,000 commuters who take this route every day.

  2. "Before the construction of Dwarka Expressway, there was a time when people used to avoid coming here after dusk. Even taxi drivers used to refuse and the entire area was considered unsafe. Today, many big companies are setting up their projects here. This area is becoming one of the fastest developing areas of NCR," said PM Modi.

  3. It is the first expressway in India built on single pillars and has several underpasses and service roads along its 18-km stretch. The eight-lane expressway provides direct connectivity to the Delhi International Airport and Gurugram Bypass.

  4. The expressway was built at a cost of nearly Rs 10,000 crore, out of which the Haryana segment was built at Rs 4,100 crore. This includes a 10.2-km stretch linking the Delhi-Haryana Border with Basai Rail-over-Bridge (ROB) and an 8.7-km stretch between Basai ROB and Kherki Daula.

  5. This is among the highway projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore that PM Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for. The Dwarka Expressway is a key part of the Bharatmala Project, a flagship infrastructure project of the Modi government.

  6. Traffic restrictions were in place at border areas between Delhi and Gurugram in view of the Prime Minister's event. Delhi and Gurugram Police have issued traffic advisories.

  7. Other major projects inaugurated today include a 9.6-km six-lane Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II)-Package 3 between Nangloi-Najafgarh Road and Sector 24 Dwarka section in Delhi. Three sections of the Lucknow Ring Road and the Anandapuram-Pendurthi-Anakapalli phase of NH-16 in Andhra Pradesh were also inaugurated.

  8. From the event, the Prime Minister launched projects worth Rs 3,400 crore in Himachal Pradesh, Rs 2,750 crore in Karnataka, and Rs 20,500 crore in other parts of the country.

  9. Highway projects for which foundation stones were laid today include 14 sections of the Bengaluru-Kadappa-Vijayawada Expressway and six packages of the Belgaum-Hungund-Raichur section of NH-748A in Karnataka.

  10. The foundation stones of different sections of the Shamli-Ambala Highway in Haryana and the Amritsar-Bathinda corridor in Punjab were also laid by the Prime Minister.



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