Union Minister Gadkari Inspects Construction Work Of Faridabad Bypass Site, DND Sohna Highway

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, on Wednesday (14 February), inspected the construction work of the Faridabad bypass site and that of DND Sohna highway on national highway-148, including the road connecting the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.

The project, being developed under Bharatmala Pariyojana on hybrid annuity mode, spans 33 km, and will come up at a cost of Rs 3,565 crore.

The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is being developed in three construction packages (1, 2 and 3). On completion of the project, direct connectivity will be provided to the traffic passing through, providing access towards North-East Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad and Jaipur, Ahmedabad towards Vadodara, Mumbai on NH-48 (old NH-8) and towards Kanpur, Lucknow and Kolkata.

This will ultimately reduce congestion in Delhi through NH-19 (old NH-2). Connectivity to Jewar International Airport is also being developed.

Package-1 project starts near Jaitpur Pushta Road and ends near the junction of sector 62-65 dividing road. The current physical progress is 73 per cent, and it is expected to be completed by December 2024.

Package-2 of the project starts from Jaitpur Pushta Road near sector 62-65 dividing road and ends near the junction of Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) intersection. The current physical progress of the work, which started in August 2021, is 83 per cent and is likely to be completed by May 2024.

The construction work on the Expressway near Sohna was completed in May 2023. It seamlessly connects major highways — Delhi-Noida-Delhi Flyway, Delhi-Meerut, Kundli-Manesar-Palwal, NH-2 (Delhi-Agra), Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, and Jewar Airport Connectivity Road.

The extensive infrastructure includes 6-lane access-controlled highways on both sides of the brownfield stretch, including service roads, 10 flyovers, six underpasses, 11 elevated U-turns, and 13 small bridges, including one road over-bridge, one road under-bridge, six bus bays, and 102 box culverts approximately 27 m high.

The metro lines are spread across four locations, incorporating landscaping on slopes for aesthetic, physical, economic, and environmental benefits.

Afforestation is being done on a 10-hectare barren land for a jungle safari project.