NEW DELHI: Two significant road links — DND flyways-Sohna highway and Delhi-Dehradun Express 1 are being readied for December opening to ease traffic jams in south, southeast and northeast Delhi.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said the three packages of 60-km-long highway connecting Noida-Delhi-Faridabad and Delhi Mumbai Express would be fully operational before December.
This expansive infrastructure initiative costing Rs 7,000 crore seamlessly interlinks major highways — DND flyways, Delhi-Meerut, Kundli-Manesar -Palwal, NH 2 (Delhi-Agra), Delhi Mumbai Expressway, and will also facilitate smooth connectivity to under-construction Jewar International airport.
The first package starts at DND flyway near Maharani Bagh and passes along the Yamuna. The portion is likely to be completed by December. The second package beginning from Jaitpur Pushta road terminates at a junction in sector 62-65 in Faridabad.
The 210 km access-controlled Delhi-Dehradun expressway with operational speed limit of 100 kmph will be completed by the end of this year, Gadkari said.The minister said India’s first elevated urban expressway, Dwarka Express, is almost complete and the Prime Minister will soon inaugurate it.
“Mathura Road remains heavily congested. The biggest benefit of this DND flyway-Sohna highway will be that traffic on this route coming to Nizamuddin will reduce by half. It will take 20-30 minutes to reach Jewar airport. To Delhi-Mumbai express, people will not need to go to Dhaula Kuan, they would be able to go to the express directly using this route,” said Gadkari.
Easing traffic
With the DND flyway-Sohna highway, traffic on the route to Nizamuddin will reduce by half. It will take 20-30 minutes to reach Jewar airport. With Delhi-Mumbai express, people need not go to Dhaula Kuan, they would be able to go to the express directly via this route