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Urban Extension Road to open by August, will boost connectivity between Delhi, UP & Haryana
Come August, it will be easier to travel from Outer Delhi to the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. The Centre's ambitious Urban Extension Road (UER)-II project is 95% complete, officials have said, and is expected to be finished in two months. It will also bring Chandigarh closer to Gurgaon and IGIA and boost connectivity between the Capital, and neighbouring Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, as per officials.
The Rs 8,000-crore project, which is set to halve the travel time between Outer Delhi and parts of the NCR to IGIA, spans 74 km. 'The project will not only reduce traffic congestion but will also curb vehicular pollution, save fuel and cut travel time… it will boost connectivity between Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh… it will also provide direct connectivity between Sonipat and Gurgaon,' said an official.
The project was conceptualised as part of the Delhi Master Plan 2021 as the third Ring Road of Delhi, as per a government document on the decongestion plan.
However, the project was later declared a national highway, which has been developed in five packages. Of the total, three packages — 1, 2, and 3 fall in Delhi, and the remaining in Haryana.
Currently, Delhi has two Ring Roads — Inner and Outer Ring Road. Easing traffic congestion on the Inner and Outer Ring roads and boosting connectivity across Outer, North, Northwest, West, and Southwest Delhi are among the key aims of the project.
The expressway starts from NH-44 in Alipur and ends at Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway on NH-48 near Mahipalpur, passing through the industrial areas of Outer Delhi like Bawana, Rohini, Mundka, Bakkarwala, Najafgarh, and Dwarka — forming a half ring or circle, said officials.
The stretch is also set to be a key link between Haryana's Bahadurgarh from West Delhi's Najafgarh, and the Dwarka Expressway and Gurgaon. It also links Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways with an eye on easing snarls.
'It is one of the most ambitious projects of Delhi and it will connect the Outer and South Delhi, especially the rural parts of the city…The construction of this project will benefit some of the undeveloped areas in Delhi, such as Najafgarh, Mundka, Karala, Alipur, and Bawana, providing quicker access to key locations in South Delhi, Noida, and Faridabad, and improving connectivity to major highways like the NH-48,' the official explained.
The project is being developed by the DDA and the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).
