The eight-lane expressway will provide direct connectivity to IGI airport and Gurugram Bypass.
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a key phase of the landmark Dwarka Expressway today that would ease the traffic on the Delhi-Gurugram route.
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The Haryana section of the Dwarka Expressway will open today, which will help 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.
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It 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 also provide direct connectivity to the Delhi International Airport and Gurugram Bypass.
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The expressway is built at a cost of nearly Rs 10,000 crore. The Haryana segment incurred a cost of 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.
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This is among the highway projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore that PM Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of across the country today. The Dwarka Expressway is a key part of the Bharatmala Project, a flagship infrastructure project of the Modi government.
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Traffic restrictions are in place at border areas between Delhi and Gurugram in view of the Prime Minister’s event. Delhi and Gurugram Police have also issued traffic advisories.
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Other major projects to be 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.
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Three sections of the Lucknow Ring Road and the Anandapuram-Pendurthi-Anakapalli phase of NH-16 in Andhra Pradesh will also be inaugurated today.
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The Prime Minister will also launch 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.
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Highway projects for which the foundation stone will be 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.
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The foundation stones of different sections of the Shamli-Ambala Highway in Haryana and the Amritsar-Bathinda corridor in Punjab will be laid by the Prime Minister.
