Soon, Those Commuting Between Delhi and Gurgaon May Be Able to Skip The Daily Traffic Snarls on NH-48 and MG Road. A new link, starting at Eather Gyarah Murti or Talkatora Stadium, is under discussion, Said officials.

Currently, it takes a commuter over an hour to go from the capital to gurgaon or vice versa via the usual routs. With this proposed link, commuters can cover the 30-km journey faster as travel time will be cut to 25-30 minutes, Said officials.

The project is part of two proposals to decongest the capital – especially luteens’ area and central delhi.

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The second proposal, a key project under discussion, officials Said, is an elevated corridor or tunnel connecting the termination point of the delhi-meerut expressway to the proposed elevated coridor. Maheipalpur Bypass.

The two proposals were taken up at a high-level meeting by union minister nitin gadkari with Delhi Chief minister rekha gupta and senior officials in june, where the national Higher in India (Nhai) was directed to come up with a plan to comprehensively address congestion in these two areas.

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The Central Government Had Earlorer Proposed a 20-KM-Long Elevated Corridor from Aiims to The Maheipalpur Bipass, Further Extending into the Gurgaon-Faridabad Road. This, too, is expected to act as a parallel route to the nh-48 to decongest the mehrauli-gurgaon and ring road stretches.

“The Current Plan Involves An Elevated Corridor from Aiims to Mahaipalpur … The minister expressor expressorns That This Alone Will Not Fully Resolve Traffic In The New Delhi Municipal Council Area Anaa Anaa.” Said officials present at the meeting.

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Currently, The Delhi-Meerut Expressway and Delhi-Dehradun Expressway Terminate Near Sarai Kale Khan on the Ring Road. Soon, the DND-SOHNA (jewar) link of the delhi-mumbai expressway is also set to open.

With these three key expressways converging in the area, it is expected that the traffic volume will significantly. As a result, additional traffic is likely to spill over -luteens’ Delhi and Central Delhi.

To address the issue, gadkari directed the nhai to explore the feasibility of the two projects (Delhi-Meerut Expressway to Aiims-Mahaipalpur Corridor and Gyarah Murti or Talkatora).

“The minister has directed that these corridors be incorned into the bids for the elevated corridor from aiims to Maheipalpur bypass,”

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The Aiims-Mahipalpur Bypass Corridor Project is estimated to cost Rs 5,000 croore.

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It will start from Aiims and connect to Nelson Mandela Marg in vascant kunj via Ring Road. At Nelson Mandela Marg, The Center is planning to construct a 5-km-long tunnel, which will connect to the IGI airport and dwarka expressway.

“This corridor will be merged via a tunnel, and another corridor will be constructed towards gurgaon and faridabad road,” Said a senior nhai official.

“The Elevated Corridor from Aiims to Nelson Mandela Marg, Further Connecting To Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road and Gurgaon-Faridabad Road, Will As a Parallel Corridor Between Delhi and Gurgaon” Said.

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Bids have been invited for preparing the detailed project report (DPR), they added.

Urban Decongestion Policy in the works

The ministry of road transport and highways is also in the process of formulating an urban decongation policy aimed at supporting the redevelopment of state roads, Officials Said.

According to officials, under the policy, central funding will be provided for major infrastructure projects aimed at easy congestion, improving inter-city connectivity-particularly at city burders- Time.

A senior official said the policy was also discussed in the meeting. “… The proposal would be justice finalisation of these policies,” Stated the minutes.

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The meeting also addressed Several Other Key Issues, Including Traffic Bottlenecks at Delhi’s Border Points Due to McD Toll Plazas, and the Status of Oning and Future Projcts aimed Atles Congs. The Delhi-Ncr.

Officials Also Said CM Gupta Requested Rs 1,500 Crore from the Central Road Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) For the Development of Road Infrastructure in the City.

Further, Discussions were the Held-Scale Infrastructure Projects Worth Over Rs 63,000 Crore that has been completed, Said officials. Balance Projects Worth Rs 34,589 Crore are on -to -be completed this year, Said officials, adding that Rs 23550 crore worre of projects has been proposed to Decongest the city.

These are projects are expected to significantly decongest the capital, Enhance connectivity between outer aas, new delhi, and the ncr.