it is india's widest expressway currently under construction. this expressway starts from nizammudin bridge and goes to meerut NH24 via gazipur,noida ,dasna,hapur ,meerut. From hapur it joints with nh24. Currently one side is opened for public access , progress can be seen in my next videos
A proposal for a Ghaziabad to Meerut expressway was mentioned in the Lok Sabha by the then Minister of State for Urban Affairs and Employment in March 1999.[3] The proposal again found mention in a February 2000 seminar speech by the then Union Urban Development Minister.[4]
An expressway from Delhi to Meerut via Ghaziabad was then proposed under the NCR Transport Plan 2021, which was notified in September 2005. The Delhi to Ghaziabad section was to be taken up in 2001-11 with the Ghaziabad to Meerut scheduled 2011-21.[5][6] In February 2006, the Committee on infrastructure gave approval for a feasibility study for the expressway.[7] The decision to build the expressway was announced in the 2006 budget speech by then Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.[8][9] Construction of 1,000 km of expressways under National Highway Development Program (NHDP) Phase-VI was approved in November 2006.[10] In December 2006, it was reported that 600 km of expressways would be chosen from among the proposed expressways including the Delhi-Meerut expressway for the first stage of NHDP Phase-VI on the basis of a prioritization study being taken up by the NHAI.[10][11]
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) under the Narendra Modi government approved the Delhi–Meerut Expressway with construction of connected roads to be undertaken. "There will be six- to eight-laning of NH 24 (Hapur bypass), six laning of NH 58 (Delhi-UP border), six-laning of NH 235 (Delhi-UP). The total cost is about ₹7,855.87 crore (US$1.2 billion)."[21] The deadline set for the project is three years.[22]
The expressway project concept was taken up by Transport minister Nitin Gadkari. Construction of Nizamuddin to dasna road is scheduled to begin on 31st dec 2016.[23]
Project[edit]
National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has divided the 96 km stretch starting from Nizamuddin bridge in the outer ring road in New Delhi to Meerut bypass into 4 packages:
Package I : Nizamuddin Bridge - Delhi-UP Border[edit]
This section is 8.7 km long, 14 Lane (6 Lane Expressway, 8 Lane Normal Highway, 2.5 m Bicycle Track on Both Side) with 4 flyovers and 3 vehicle underpass.[24] The project involves development of expressway from Nizamuddin Bridge (km-0.000) to existing Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Border (km-8.360) section of NH-24 [25]
Development of Package I of Delhi–Meerut Expressway in length of 8.7 km in Delhi has been awarded to concessionaire Welspun Delhi Meerut Expressway Private Limited.[26] Total project cost will be ₹841.50 crore (US$130 million).[27][28]
Package II : Delhi-UP Border - Dasna[edit]
This section is 19.2 km long, 14 lane (6 lane expressway, 8 lane normal highway, 2.5 m bicycle track on both sides) with 13 vehicle underpasses and 6 foot-underpasses.[24]
A total nine underpasses and three flyovers are planned on the 20 km stretch to Dasna. But following a revision in the detailed project report, the plan was amended to 15 underpasses and a just one flyover, at Lal Kuan. The underpasses will be built in such a way that there is no criss-crossing traffic on the expressway and traffic flow at intersections will be altered accordingly.[33]
Package III : Dasna - Hapur[edit]
This section is 22.2 km long, 8 lane normal highway, from existing km 27.500 to existing km 49.923 of NH 24.[34] 1 flyover and 12 underpass will be constructed on this segment.[24] Previously it was 6 lane but in Sep-Oct 2016 board meeting it was updated to 8 lanes.[31]
Contract has been awarded to Apco-Chetak[24][35] (Apco Infratech Ltd is based in MP and Chetak Enterprises in Rajasthan), at a cost of ₹1,081 crore (US$170 million).[26]
Package IV : Dasna - Meerut[edit]
46 km long, 6 lane expressway is a new greenfield alignment. This greenfield package requires land acquisition whose work is in progress. “As soon as govt. get 80% of the land, the tender will out". Project will cost ₹3,588 crore (US$560 million)[24][31] The alignment will be from Dasna in Ghaziabad district to Meerut Bypass at Partapur.[36]
Earlier, the 45-km-long Ghaziabad to Meerut section of NH-58 was also part of project but due to the decision of Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) to use dividers on NH-58 for trains' elevated corridor, the highway was not used and new alignment was proposed.[36]
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