The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation two newly built expressways in the Delhi NCR Region on Sunday 27 May 2018. The first of these is the 14 lane Delhi-Meerut Expressway, starting from Nizammudin Bridge to Delhi UP Border.
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The second one is country’s first smart and green highway, the Eastern Peripheral Expressway at Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh. The PM, along with union minister Nitin Gadkari, traveled in an open jeep on the 14-lane Delhi-Meerut Expressway.
1. It will be the first expressway to have dedicated bicycle tracks on the nearly 28 km stretch between Delhi and Dasna.
2. The project involves the construction of 11 flyovers/interchanges, 5 major and 24 minor bridges, 3 ROBs (rail over bridges), 36 vehicular and 14 pedestrian underpasses.
3. The travel time between Delhi and Meerut will be just 60 minutes.
4. The second project will 35 km long Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), stretching from Kundli on NH 1 to Palwal on NH 2.
5.Both the projects would decongest the roads of Delhi and bring down air pollution.
6.The alignment of EPE starts near Kundli NH-1, traverses to cross river Yamuna, crosses SH-57 Mawikalan, NH-58 near Duhai, NH-24 near Dasna, NH-91 near Beel Akbarpur, Kasna-Sikandra road near Sirsa, river Yamuna again at village Faizupur Khadar (Haryana), Atali-Chainsa Road (near village Maujpur) and ends at Palwal on NH-2 to join Western PE.
7.A total of 1700 Hectares of land has been acquired for the EPE at a cost of about Rs. 5900 crores. The construction cost of the project is about Rs 4617.87 crore. The expressway has been completed in a record time of about 500 days against the scheduled target of 910 days. It is a fully access-controlled six-lane expressway.
8. For an uninterrupted travel experience and faster toll collection, the toll plazas will be provided with Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system.
9.This is the first Expressway in the country to use solar power on the entire length of 135 km. There are eight solar power plants on this Expressway. Rainwater harvesting has been provided at every 500 meters on the EPE. There are also 36 replicas of monuments depicting Indian culture and heritage.
10. Following the order of Supreme Court, The Eastern and the Western Peripheral Expressways were planned in 2006. The court ordered to build a ring road outside the national capital for channelling the traffic not bound for Delhi.
