The Delhi Development Authority(DDA)'s ambitious Urban Extension Road(UER)-II Project, being constructed at a cost of Rs 3,600 Crore provided by it, is set to fully become operational by December this year.
While of the total of 75.71 kms of the total length, 54.21 kms falls in Delhi, 21.50 kms falls in Haryana. National Highway Authority of India(NHAI), is implementing the project and Haryana Government, UP Government and GNCTD are other stakeholders, DDA said here on Thursday.
Giving details, officials said Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena on Wednesday reviewed the progress of the project along with Delhi Chief Secretary and top officers of DDA, NHAI, MCD, PWD, I&FC Department and Delhi Cantonment Board.
Stressing upon the need of seamless coordination since there were multiple departments / agencies as also the Government of India, GNCTD and Government of Haryana involved, Saxena directed that the remaining portion of the project should be completed at the earliest.
UER-II was conceptualized by the DDA as the third Ring Road for Delhi, which later took a larger shape with five packages. Of the five packages, packages 1, 2 & 3 are in Delhi while the other two are in Haryana.
Once fully completed, apart from easing traffic on the existing inner and outer Ring Roads in the city, the UER will dramatically improve commuting in outer, west and south-west Delhi, apart from providing direct access between Sonepat and Gurugram in Haryana.
The project, which connects NH-44 (Delhi-Chandigarh Highway) to NH-48 in South Delhi through the entire stretch between Bawana, Narela-Kanjhawala, Mundka and Dwarka, etc. in Delhi, has a spur in North-West going to Sonepat / Jind, a spur from Najafgarhgoing to Bahadurgarh and also connects with the Dwarka Expressway from Gurugram in Haryana.
It further connects to the Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways aimed at providing lasting solution to traffic congestion, easy transit and pollution control in Delhi, Haryana and UP.
Once fully operational, this project is expected to bring about a sea-change in the socio-economic and infrastructural landscape of North, North-West, West and South-West areas of Delhi.
The LG discussed the existing bottlenecks and the way ahead. When informed of the ongoing works of construction of overhead road over the Mangeshpur Drain, Saxena instructed that no pillar supporting the road should be constructed in the Right of Way of the Drain.
Drawing from his recent experience with drains in Delhi - especially the Barapulla and KushakNallahs, which he had recently visited and got cleaned, Saxena informed that construction of pillars in these drains had substantially blocked their flow, in the process causing over flooding during heavy rains. He accordingly instructed that any future exercise in the city, this factor should be taken into consideration.
