New Delhi, June 10 -- To decongest Delhi and the national Capital region, the construction of two mega highways has been approved in a meeting recently held between Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, costing around '10,000 crore.
A new 17-kilometre-long highway connecting Urban Extension Road II (UER 2) to the Delhi-Dehradun expressway near Tronica City has been approved. After completion, this project will reduce traffic load on inner roads, easing pressure on National Highway-48, National Highway-44, Ring Roads and the Barapullah elevated corridor. The estimated construction cost of the project is '3,300 crore.
According to officials, connecting UER 2 to the Delhi-Dehradun, which starts near Akshardha...