Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Wednesday, 22 May 2024
The 19-km-long Haryana section of the eight-lane Dwarka Expressway has been built at a cost of around Rs 4,100 crore and includes two packages of 10.2-km-long Delhi-Haryana Border to Basai Rail-over-Bridge (ROB) and 8.7-km-long Basai ROB to Kherki Daula. It will also provide direct connectivity to the IGI Airport in Delhi and Gurugram Bypass.
The landmark Dwarka Expressway, will help improve traffic flow and ease congestion between Delhi and Gurugram on the National Highway-48. The total length of Dwarka Expressway is 29 km, out of which 18.9 km falls in Haryana, while the remaining 10.1 km is in Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Haryana section of the landmark Dwarka Expressway. On March 9, 2019 the then Union ministers, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Nitin Gadkari had laid the foundation stone for Dwarka Expressway.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya and Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar during inauguration, dedication and foundation stone laying of various connectivity projects, in Gurugram.
Dwarka Expressway is India's first elevated 8-lane access control urban expressway, being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 9,000 crore, as part of the Centre's Rs 60,000 crore highway development plan in the NCR to decongest the national capital.
