Union Govt Sanctions Rs 2,095 Crore To Build Six Lane Road Connecting Haridwar With Delhi - Dehradun Expressway

The union government has sanctioned the construction of a six-lane access-controlled spur to Haridwar from Delhi - Saharanpur - Dehradun Economic corridor with a budget of Rs 2,095 crore.

The expressway spur that passes through Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will be built on Hybrid Annuity Model under Bharatmala Pariyojana.

The under-construction Delhi - Dehradun expressway will reduce the distance between the two cities from 235 km to 210 km and compress the travel time from 6.5 hours to just 2.5 hours once it is completed.

The expressway will have 25 kilometres of elevated road - six kilometres in the open, 14 in tunnels. The six-lane highway will pass through pristine forest areas.

The entire corridor is designed for driving with a minimum of 100 Kmph speed.

Delhi--Dehradun expressway will be the country’s first highway where there will be a 12-km long elevated corridor to protect wildlife and enable movement of animals. The corridor will be built under EPC (Engineering, procurement and construction) mode.

In a series of tweets, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari informed about sanctioning three more projects in the state. The government has approved widening and strengthening NH-334A (Purkaji – Laksar – Haridwar Road) to two lanes with paved shoulder under Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) mode with a budget of Rs 227 crores in Uttar Pradesh.

The Ministry also sanctioned widening and strengthening NH-330D (Sitapur to Kurain Section) to two lanes with paved shoulder under EPC mode with a budget of Rs 505 crores.

In addition, improvement and upgradation work of NH-227A (near Sikriiganj to Barhaiganj) to two lanes with paved shoulder under EPC mode has been sanctioned with a budget of Rs 403 crores.