NHAI to execute ₹50,000-crore plan to decongest Delhi this year

NHAI has planned major road projects to decongest Delhi and curb vehicular pollution. This ₹50,000-crore plan will be implemented this year. Once completed, these new roads will decrease traffic load on arterial roads like Ring Road and also make it easier to travel between various areas of the city.

The four projects are National Highway 709B (Akshardham to Eastern Peripheral Expressway to Saharanpur bypass), Delhi-Noida Direct Flyway to KMP interchange via Kalindi Kunj bypass (part of Delhi-Mumbai expressway), Urban Extension Road (UER)-II and Dwarka Expressway.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) informed that work on some has already begun and others will start this year as well.

Of the four projects, UER-II and Kalindi Kunj bypass were planned by the Delhi Development Authority and the Delhi government‘s Public Works Department decades ago. But they got stuck due to technical and land acquisition related issues.