Infra push: 3 corridors, sprucing up 500 km of roads

Work on several key road infrastructure projects, including three new corridors, is set to begin this year, announced Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the Budget on Tuesday. The new corridors are: an East-West elevated corridor between Tikri and Anand Vihar; a North-South corridor from Signature Bridge to IGI Airport; and a third corridor from Signature Bridge to Sarai Kale Khan.

Sisodia said approvals are awaited from the Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (planning and engineering) Centre (UTTIPEC), after which work will start.

PWD officials said the East-West and North-South corridor projects have been in the pipeline for a few years. Since 2015, a number of meetings have been held with the Indian Railways as the East-West Corridor would cross Railway land.