India, Dec. 30 -- The Delhi government is planning a four-kilometre elevated corridor along Trunk Drain 1 to decongest the crucial Swami Dayanand Marg, which connects Anand Vihar to Shahdara, officials aware of the matter said on Monday. The proposed corridor aims to provide an alternative route for through traffic in one of east Delhi's most congested corridors.

The elevated road is expected to run from near Shyamlal College and Bihari Colony, close to the Shahdara flyover on GT Road, and end near the Karkari Mor flyover, passing alongside the Ghazipur drain, said officials privy to the government's plan. The project was reviewed during a site inspection by Public Works Department (PWD) and Irrigation & Flood Control (I&FC) minister Par...