CNBC TV18
By Priyanka Deshpande
Published March 11, 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (March 11) inaugurated the Haryana section of the landmark Dwarka Expressway.
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The expressway is expected to improve traffic flow and ease congestion between Delhi and Gurugram on NH-48.
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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.
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On March 9, 2019 the then Union ministers, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Nitin Gadkari had laid the foundation stone for Dwarka Expressway.
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Dwarka Expressway is India's first elevated 8-lane access control urban expressway, being constructed at an estimated cost of ₹9,000 crore, as part of the Centre's ₹60,000 crore highway development plan in the NCR to decongest the national capital.
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The Haryana section of Dwarka Expressway has been built at a cost of around ₹4,100 crore and includes two packages of 10.2-km Delhi-Haryana Border to Basai Rail-over-Bridge (ROB) and 8.7-km Basai ROB to Kherki Daula.
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It will also provide direct connectivity to the IGI Airport in Delhi and Gurugram Bypass.
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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari were also present at the event.
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