Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday announced that the Centre has in principle approved the construction of a Delhi-Dehradun expressway that will reduce the travel time between the two cities from 5 to 2.5 hours.
He made the announcement after meeting the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) chairman SS Sandhu in Dehradun.
According to officials aware of the matter, the expressway is expected to be completed over the next three to five years. It will reduce the distance between Delhi and Dehradun from 258 km to 180 km. The expressway will pass through Ganeshpur, Mohand, and Ashkrodi in Uttarkhand and Saharanpur, Baghpat and Loni in Uttar Pradesh.
“The entire expressway will be elevated [higher than the ground level] and will have access control with toll plazas at different locations,” said an NHAI official on condition of anonymity. He added surveys on certain stretches of the proposed highway has started.
Read more of this ambitious project in a report published in the Hindustan Times... (Link given below)
