The Meerut city is all set to get a 34.3-km long inner ring road that is being constructed to decongest the choked roads within the city, Divisional commissioner Prabhat Kumar, said recently elaborating that funds worth Rs.160.60 crore are all set to flow from the state government for land acquisition to kick-start first phase of the project. The project also includes two flyovers and two rail-over bridges (RoB) and the total cost of construction is estimated to be Rs.1,000 crore. In the first phase, Meerut-Hapur Road (NH 235) will be linked with Delhi (NH 58) via a 10.95 km stretch and in another part of the first phase, NH 235 will be linked with Garh road (State Highway 14), a stretch of 4.1 km and the projects would be carried out by the public works department (PWD).
