India, Sept. 25 -- New Delhi

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has initiated the preparatory work on the first extension of the Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II), which will link it with the Delhi-Saharanpur Expressway and reduce traffic on the inner and outer ring roads and NH-44, by serving as a bypass and also diverting freight traffic from neighbouring states from central routes.

On September 22, the NHAI invited bids for consultancy services to undertake feasibility study and prepare a detailed project report in five months, at a cost of Rs.2.32 crore. The extension is proposed to start from the Alipur-end of the UER-II and go up to Tronica City on NH-709B (Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun Expressway). It will be 17 kilometre...