India, Aug. 27 -- The National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI) has received go-ahead for its about Rs.18 crore plan to improve safety and also the traffic flow on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME), officials said on Tuesday.

Under the plan, they have proposed to put up fences on both sides of the 15km stretch of the DME, install more signage and automatic number plate readers in the underpasses, and install traffic booths at the entry/exit points of the expressway, they added.

"The plan has been approved by the headquarters (in Delhi), and once the designs get cleared, the plan will take about 7-8 months to complete," said an NHAI official.

The Ghaziabad traffic police officials said the entry/exit points of the DME to NH-9 have b...