Modi inaugurates Delhi section of Dwarka Expressway and UERII

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated two major highway projects in Rohini, Delhi, the Delhi section of the Dwarka Expressway and the Urban Extension Road II (UERII). Together valued at about 11,000 crore, the corridors are billed as a transformative step for the Delhi-NCR road network, with officials saying they will significantly cut travel time, ease congestion and improve multimodal connectivity, including a direct, 20-minute link from Noida to Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.

The Delhi section of the Dwarka Expressway stretches about 10.1 kilometers and is being developed at a cost of roughly 5,360 crore. It comprises two segments: a 5.9-kilometer stretch from the Shiv Murti intersection to the Road Under Bridge at Dwarka Sector 21, and a 4.2-kilometer segment from the RUB to the Delhi-Haryana border, providing direct access to Urban Extension Road II. The Haryana portion of the Dwarka Expressway, longer at about 19 kilometers, was inaugurated earlier in March 2024. The new alignment is expected to offer seamless connectivity to key urban and transport hubs, including Yashobhoomi, the DMRC Blue line and Orange line corridors, the upcoming Bijwasan...