Dwarka Expressway will bring relief to passengers before Dec 2022
05 Mar 2021 18:27:03
New Delhi, March 05: Most awaited Dwarka expressway is a need of time. The residential area being developed rapidly in the aligned area, people seemingly face traveling issues and traffic congestion. The completion of Dwarka Expressway is therefore all set to bring smiles to the faces of residents in this area. The Delhi-Gurgaon section of National Highway-8 currently carries over three lakh passenger car units (PCUs), which is much beyond the design capacity of this 8-lane highway, leading to severe congestion.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Thursday inspected the progress of the long-awaited project. While talking with the media NHAI’s advisor Vaibhav Dange expressed happiness for this expressway. He also explained how alternate highways will ease passenger’s travel on this route and accessibility to T3.
With the construction of the present project, 50 to 60 percent of the traffic on National Highway-8 will be reduced, the minister added. The 29-km expressway, which connects Dwarka in Delhi to Gurgaon through a shorter route, is being built at a cost of Rs 8,662 crore under the government’s Bharatmala Project. Various stretches of the project have been mired in court cases, which slowed down its progress in the past.
The project will also provide around 50,000 direct or indirect employment opportunities. Delhi-Gurgaon section of NH-8 is presently facing severe congestion. Dwarka Expressway will become an alternate link between Delhi & Gurgaon bypassing existing congestion on the national highway. It will be the first elevated urban expressway with the longest (3.6km) and widest (8 Lane) urban road tunnel. In order to ensure no damage to the ecosystem, 12,000 trees were transplanted and 84% of them are successful.
Being built in four packages, the total length of the expressway is 29 km, out of which 18.9 km falls in Haryana and the remaining 10.1 km is in Delhi.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Thursday inspected the progress of the long-awaited project. While talking with the media NHAI’s advisor Vaibhav Dange expressed happiness for this expressway. He also explained how alternate highways will ease passenger’s travel on this route and accessibility to T3.
With the construction of the present project, 50 to 60 percent of the traffic on National Highway-8 will be reduced, the minister added. The 29-km expressway, which connects Dwarka in Delhi to Gurgaon through a shorter route, is being built at a cost of Rs 8,662 crore under the government’s Bharatmala Project. Various stretches of the project have been mired in court cases, which slowed down its progress in the past.
The project will also provide around 50,000 direct or indirect employment opportunities. Delhi-Gurgaon section of NH-8 is presently facing severe congestion. Dwarka Expressway will become an alternate link between Delhi & Gurgaon bypassing existing congestion on the national highway. It will be the first elevated urban expressway with the longest (3.6km) and widest (8 Lane) urban road tunnel. In order to ensure no damage to the ecosystem, 12,000 trees were transplanted and 84% of them are successful.
Being built in four packages, the total length of the expressway is 29 km, out of which 18.9 km falls in Haryana and the remaining 10.1 km is in Delhi.