India’s first elevated expressway spread over an area of 29 Km is currently under construction in Dwarka. Recently, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inspected the ongoing construction work and said that the project will be complete in three-four months and would be opened before December. The project worth Rs 10,000 crore is 75-90 percent complete, he said.
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Key features of Dwarka Elevated Expressway
Dwarka Expressway is the country’s first elevated eight-lane access-controlled expressway and connects Delhi’s Dwarka and Haryana’s Gurugram. It comprises a four-level road network with tunnels, underpasses, flyovers, and tunnels. Apart from these, a three-lane service road is also being built on both sides of the expressway.
“Divided into four packages, the first, 5.9km-long from Shiv Murti near Mahipalpur to Dwarka, is about 60% complete. The second package from the 4.2km-long Dwarka Urban Extension Road to Bajghera is 82% complete while the third package, 10.2km-long from Bajghera to Basai rail overbridge, is 93% complete,” said Gadkari.”The fourth package, 8.7 km long from Basai ROB to Kherki Daula, is about 99% complete.
12,000 trees planted on Dwarka Expressway
As many as 12,000 trees have been planted on the expressway for the very first time in the country’s history, reported Times of India.
Meanwhile, Union Minister Gadkari said that two lakh metric tonnes of steel and two million cubic meters of concrete were being used for the construction of the expressway.
“Divided into four packages, the first, 5.9km-long from Shiv Murti near Mahipalpur to Dwarka, is about 60% complete. The second package from the 4.2km-long Dwarka Urban Extension Road to Bajghera is 82% complete while the third package, 10.2km-long from Bajghera to Basai rail overbridge, is 93% complete,” said Gadkari.
“The fourth package, 8.7km-long from Basai ROB to Kherki Daula, is about 99% complete.”
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