India, April 8 -- Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh on Monday said that a tunnel connecting the Dwarka expressway to the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport is scheduled to open by the end of May, adding that the opening of the facility will likely reduce traffic congestion on national highway 48 (NH-48), which links Delhi and Gurugram.

Singh, the Gurugram MP, shared the update after meeting Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari in Delhi.

"The minister has issued directions to NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) to prepare a report on the existing traffic between Gururgam and Delhi and submit it within three months. We were also informed that the tunnel on Dwarka expressway which connects with IGI air...