Faridabad: Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari during his inspection of the Mumbai-Vadodra-Delhi highway site in Faridabad on Wednesday.
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A 60-km long highway corridor that will connect southern and eastern parts of Delhi to the upcoming Noida International Airport as well as the Mumbai Expressway will be ready by the end of the year, said Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari.
The six-lane corridor is being developed at a cost of ₹4,463 crore, and will include a eight elevated sections, 10 flyovers and six busways, Mr. Gadkari said during an inspection visit on Thursday. It also has provision for three-lane service road on both sides
The project which aims to decongest Delhi will provide direct connectivity to traffic originating from northern and eastern parts of Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad and bound towards Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Mumbai on NH 48. It will provide access towards Kanpur, Lucknow, Kolkata through NH 19. This road corridor will be further connected to Jewar airport with a 33 km long stretch which is being developed at a cost of ₹1,660 crore and is scheduled for completion by June 20.
These projects are part of a ₹65,000 crore plan to decongest Delhi out of which works worth ₹30,000 crore will be completed by end of 2024 since 2014, and remaining are expected to be completed in 2025, the Minister said.