Dwarka Expressway, India’s first elevated 8-lane access-controled urban expressway, being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 9,000 crore, as part of the Delhi decongestion plan, will be completed by April 2024. Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari announced this after inspecting the ongoing project.
The construction work of the Haryana section (18.9 km) of the 29-km-long Dwarka Expressway from Shivmurti near IGI Airport through Dwarka near the Kherki Daula toll in Gurugram has reached the final stage. Gadkari was accompanied by Union Minister of State General VK Singh, Union Minister of State Rao Inderjit Singh, MPs Pravesh Singh Verma, Ramesh Bidhuri and Delhi Lieutenant- Governor VK Saxena.