The construction work of the expressway connecting Delhi with Dehradun is going on at a fast pace. In January, a target was set to complete 35 per cent of the work, of which about 40 per cent has been completed.
Expressway will soon open for people
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has also set a deadline of December to open the first two phases of the expressway for traffic. With their opening, it will be easier to go from Akshardham to Khekra (Eastern Peripheral Expressway-EPE) in Baghpat via Loni border. With the opening of this phase, about 31 km long, East and North Delhi will get relief from the jam. People going to Baghpat, Saharanpur in Punjab-Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh will be able to exit the expressway till EPE.
70% less completed
NHAI officials say that about 70 per cent of the pillar erecting work has been completed, with the target being to complete the remaining work by March-April. Meanwhile, the work of placing the span (girder) on the pillar is also going on at a fast pace. The construction agencies have been targeted to complete the elevated road portion first, so that the expressway portion is completed in time and opened for traffic. Rest of the work of making service road below it can be done later also. Along with placing the span, work is also going on to build a road over it.
new route will be easy
After the completion of the first two phases, Delhi-Meerut Expressway and Eastern Peripheral Expressway will also be connected. It is starting from the Delhi-Meerut Expressway in Akshardham, connecting the Eastern Peripheral at Khekra and further to Dehradun.
Main roads will connect All the main roads of the capital will be directly connected to the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway (DDE) through loops and ramps. For this, there will be entry and exit facility at five places in the Delhi border.
Khekra will also be connected directly in Baghpat
The people of Khekra tehsil of Baghpat will also be benefited by construction of ramp at Mandola, from where a large number of people come and go for jobs and business in Delhi. The people of Khekra will also be able to use the ramp near Mandola.
The construction work is going on fast. About 40 per cent work has been completed. We are moving towards opening the expressway by December. Large parts of Delhi and Ghaziabad will also benefit from its opening. Five entry and exit points are being made in the Delhi border, while ramps and loops are being made at two places in Ghaziabad.
-Arvind Kumar, Project Director, NHAI
The journey will be completed in just 2.30 hours
After the expressway is ready, Delhi will not have to face the jam of Yamunapar and Loni. As of now, if one has to go to Dehradun via the Delhi-Saharanpur route, it takes six to seven hours. That’s why people use Delhi-Meerut Expressway to reach Dehradun, it takes about five hours, but with the construction of 210 km long new expressway, this distance can be covered in two and a half hours.