PM Modi inaugurates Haryana section of Dwarka Expressway

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the 4 Level-Interchange of the Haryana Section of the Dwarka Expressway during its inauguration with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. (Image: PTI)

At the inauguration, PM said, "I am glad that I got this opportunity to dedicate the Dwarka Expressway to the nation. More than Rs 9,000 crore were spent on this expressway. This will change the travel experience between Delhi and Haryana forever."

PM Modi inaugurated the Haryana section of the landmark Dwarka Expressway. The expressway will help improve traffic flow and ease congestion between Delhi and Gurugram on the NH-48. (Image: PMO)

The Haryana section of the eight-lane Dwarka Expressway is 19 km-long and is built at an estimated cost of around Rs 4,100 crore. (Image: PMO)

The expressway includes packages of 10.2-km-long Delhi-Haryana Border to Basai Rail-over-Bridge (ROB) and 8.7-km-long Basai ROB to Kherki Daula.

Being one of its kind in India, the Dwarka Expressway will feature an elevated eight-lane access-controlled expressway.

The Dwarka Expressway is being built in four phases, with segments stretching from Shiv Murti in Mahipalpur to Bijwasan, Bijwasan ROB to the Delhi-Haryana border in Gurgaon, the Delhi-Haryana border to Basai ROB in Haryana, and Basai to the Kherki Daula cloverleaf interchange.