India’s 1st elevated urban expressway “Dwarka” to be operational by 2023.

India’s 1st elevated urban expressway “Dwarka” to be operational by 2023.

• The Dwarka Expressway, which is being developed as the first elevated urban expressway in India, will be operational in 2023, said Minister for Road Transport and Highways NitinGadkari. 
• Dwarka Expressway will reduce pressure on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway (part of the Delhi-Jaipur-Ahmedabad-Mumbai arm of the Golden Quadrilateral) and arterial roads that experience severe traffic congestion, primarily from the commuters of West Delhi.
• It will be a 16-lane access-controlled highway with the provision of a minimum three-lane service road on both sides.
• The Expressway connecting Dwarka in Delhi to Gurugram in Haryana is being developed at a total cost of Rs 9,000 crores. It has a total length of 29 km, out of which 19 km falls in Haryana and the remaining 10 km is in Delhi.

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Published date : 14 Jul 2022 06:33PM