Gurgaon: In 2022 will pave the way for two main road projects to open for traffic, the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.
One of them is Dwarka Expressway which is delayed for a long time and the other is the road that is elevated between Gurgaon and Sohna.
“Dwarka 30km, 8-lane toll road, accessed access, which is being built at a cost of rs 10,000 crore, will be completed in 2022,” Minister for road transportation and highway, which is in the city to check the construction of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near the village Lohatki, told reporters.
Dwarka Expressway, announced in 2007, imagined as the northern ring road that connects Gurgaon and Delhi but still mired in litigation and land disputes for years.
While 18.1 km from the toll road is in Haryana, the remaining 9.5km is in Delhi.
After all obstacles were cleared, working on the toll road began only in full swing in 2019.
But the pandemic and construction ban was due to increasing the level of pollution during the winter slowed it.
In March this year, work was detained after a portion of the elevated part of Dwarka Expressway near the Daultabad flyover that collapsed.
Talking about the probe into collapse, Gadkari said that in such cases, “a committee was appointed and investigated”.
“Sometimes, it is a bona fide mistake, at another time, it is Mala Fide.
If the mistake is bonafid, we need to repair and forgive them.
But if the mistake is Mala Fide, we need to take firm action …
we must Wise, transparent, time bound, results oriented, and fair.
If someone does something wrong, they will be punished.
And if there is a technical error, we need to repair, improve technology, and resolve the problem, “Gadkari said.
He said his office had received a report about collapse.
“We will take the necessary actions,” added the minister.
Sohna lifts the road, which comes from Rajiv Chowk and is part of a larger Delhi-alwar corridor and will be connected with Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Sohna, it is likely to be opened for traffic in the first half of next year.
“Road six lanes, up 5 km-long is being built on the route Gurgaon-Sohna at a cost of around Rs 1,700 Crore.
This will be completed in March 2022,” Gadkari said.
At the meeting, the discussion was also held on increasing connectivity between Faridabad and Noida International Airport, which was being built in Jiwar, through the East Peripheral Barriers.
It was the Chairman of Manohar Minister Lal Khattar who raised this problem.
CM said, “The small stretch must be made to connect Faridabad to the East Peripheral Barriers so that it is also connected to the airport Convincing that work on this project will begin this year.
“We have agreed to the acquisition of land for that too and the work will begin this year,” he said.