| Dwarka Expressway (NH 248-BB) | |
|---|---|
| Dwarka Expressway | |
 Dwarka Expressway in red | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 27.6 km (17.1 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| From | Shiv Murti, Mahipalpur, Delhi |
| To | Kherki Daula Toll Plaza, Gurugram |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| States | Delhi, Haryana |
| Highway system | |
NH 248-BB, commonly known as Dwarka Expressway is a 27.6 km (17.1 mi) long, under construction, 8-lane (elevated) and 8-lane (service road),[1] total 16-lane[2] elevated grade separated expressway connecting Dwarka in Delhi to Kherki Daula Toll Plaza, Gurgaon in Haryana. The expressway takes off from km 20 milestone of NH 48 (old NH 8) at Shiv Murti in Mahipalpur in Delhi and terminate at km 40 of NH 48 near Kherki Daula Toll Plaza in Gurgaon in Haryana.[3] The Dwarka Expressway has been planned as an alternate road link between Delhi and Gurgaon, and is expected to ease the traffic situation on the Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway.[4]
Entire project, costing ₹7,500 crore was planned in 2006, contract was awarded in 2011. Of the original 18 km project, 14 km were completed by 2016. Several more kilometre project routes was added to the scope of the project as an extension. Various parts of the project remained delayed due to land acquisition and tree transplantation hurdles, resulting in the intervention from the Prime Minister's office in November 2018 to resolve the pending issues. Subsequently, the land for the 10 km section was handed by the Haryana and Delhi, AAI and HSVP were in the process of expediting the resolution in December 2018.[5]
One of the cause of delay was due to NHAI's need for the land from DDA to transplant 13,000 trees from the route alignment, which in November 2018 Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal agreed to provide after several years of inexplicable delays.[5]
In December, Haryana too handed over the land for 10 km route to NHAI and was in process of handing over the remaining land for the 4 km route by 31 December 2018.[6] Earlier in January 2018, AAI too had agreed to sell their land to NHAI for the route falling on their land.[7] Put together all of this takes care of the land needed for the entire route from various parties i.e. AAI, DDA and HSVP.
- ^ "Nitin Gadkari posted VIDEO of India's first elevated expressway, Engineering Marvelous". 21 August 2023.
- ^ "Dwarka Expressway with 140 lanes to open by 2023: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari".
- ^ Behl, Abhishek (4 June 2016). "NHAI inspects Dwarka e-way, Shiv Murti to be the zero point". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Kumar, Ajay (3 October 2012). "Delay in work on Northern Peripheral Road adds to commuter's woes on Delhi-Gurgaon expressway". India Today. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ a b PM's office may step in to resolve delays in Dwarka Expressway project, Hindustan Times, 20 Nov 2018.
- ^ Delhi: IGI to get 2 new approach roads in 3 years, Times of India, April 2018.
- ^ IGI land to highway body for Dwarka Expressway?, Asian Age, Jan 2018.