A drive from Delhi to Meerut in Uttar Pradesh will be a matter of just 45 minutes instead of nearly 1.30 hours taken currently. The expressway connecting the two cities is now almost complete. On Monday, Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announced a new deadline to complete the project, which is in December.
Gadkari took to Twitter to share a time-lapse video of the expressway, showing the progress of roadwork along the highway. Currently, the Delhi-Meerut expressway is operational phases.
The stretch between Akshardham in Delhi to UP Gate and the stretch between Dasna to Hapur is operational. The other two phases connecting UP Gate with Dasna and Dasna with Meerut are under construction.
The phase 1 of the project (Akshardham to UP Gate) caters to about 1.2 lakh passenger car units (PCUs) per day. Phase 2 (UP Gate to Dana) is about 19.2km while phase 4 (Dasna to Meerut) is about 32km and is being built as a six-lane access-controlled highway.
Nitin Gadkari Tweeted about the Delhi-Meerut expressway :
Delhi-Meerut Expressway will be completed by December 2020. It will further ease traffic and reduce pollution in Delhi/NCR. The aerial video gives us the glimpse of its ongoing and completed work. #PragatiKaHighway pic.twitter.com/TEqX0N0VHI
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) August 30, 2020
The stretch between Akshardham in Delhi to UP Gate and the stretch between Dasna to Hapur is operational. The other two phases connecting UP Gate with Dasna and Dasna with Meerut are under construction.
