Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway, meant to divert heavy polluting vehicles from Delhi, in Haryana's Gurugram district on November 19.
The Prime Minister would also inaugurate the Ballabhgarh Metro at Sultanpur village in the district and lay the foundation stone of Shri Vishwakarma Skill University on the same day, said an official spokesman of Haryana Government.
A sum of Rs 6,400 crore has been spent on the KMP expressway project and 3,846 acre of land was acquired at a cost of Rs 2,788 crore. Under this project, the KMP Expressway was to be made four-lane, but it remained incomplete. Keeping in view the significance of this project, the present State Government has got this project resumed and made it six-lane, the spokesman said.
Giving details, he said that the length of the stretch from Kundli to Manesar is 83.320 km. This stretch would have four RoB, 14 major/minor bridges, 56 underpass/agricultural vehicular underpass, seven intersections and seven toll plazas.
The objective of this expressway is to provide high speed link of northern Haryana with southern districts and provide uninterrupted high-speed link for traffic, especially commercial traffic, from Haryana to neighbouring states. It would also decongest the road traffic from Delhi and thereby reduce pollution, he said
The spokesman said that highway lighting along the 83 km stretch from Kundli to Manesar has been made for safety of the road users during night time. A world class Art and Culture Gallery has been set up to depict the project development history through 3D Holographic models.
One ambulance, one crane and one police patrolling vehicle with a helpline number have been stationed in every 20km for speedy response in case of accidents or emergencies, he said.
The spokesman said that the Prime Minister would also inaugurate the Ballabhgarh Metro Gurugram on November 19. Ballabhgarh will become the fourth city in Haryana to get Metro connectivity after Gurugram, Faridabad and Bahadurgarh.
The 3.2 km long Escorts Mujesar – Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabhgarh) section of the Kashmere Gate – Escorts Mujesar corridor also known as the Violet Line is now ready for passenger operations. After the opening of this extension, the entire Kashmere Gate – Raja Nahar Singh Metro corridor will become 46.6 kilometres long, he said.
Currently, 25.8 km of Metro lines are operational across Haryana. After the opening of this section, the total length of Metro kilometres in Haryana will become 29 kilometres. All trains running on this section are manufactured in India.
The spokesman said the Raja Nahar Singh Station in Ballabhgarh is situated adjacent to Ballabhgarh Interstate Bus Terminal and Ballabhgarh Railway Station. This station is five storey building having two commercial floors above track level.
This station is having parking on the other site of the national highway–2 which will be directly connected to the station via a Foot Over Bridge. The Sant Surdas (Sihi) Station is situated near National Council for Cement and Building Material Institute, he added.
About the foundation stone laying ceremony of Shri Vishwakarma Skill University on the same day, the spokesman said that the live telecast of this programme would be shown at University site in Dudhola. A sum of over Rs 1,000 crore would be spent on establishing this University.
The university campus would be developed over 82.7 acres. The tenders amounting to Rs 389.24 crore have been floated for construction of university building. The construction work would be carried out in three phases and there is a plan to complete the first phase by 2020, the spokesman added.
