Delhi : Tunnel project to unclog congested Ashram crossing awaits financial nod

Commuters will not get any relief from the perennial jam at the Ashram traffic junction any time soon as the project to construct a tunnel below the Ashram intersection is caught in a bureaucratic hurdle.

The tunnel, which will allow signal-free travel from Nizamuddin to New Friends Colony or Jamia University on Mathura road, will be built by the Public Works Department (PWD).

The department, however, has not been able to start construction work because it is waiting for financial approval from the central as well as



the Delhi government.

The project was conceptualised in 2016 end and its financial approval is awaited for nearly a year, a PWD official told Hindustan Times.

Under the project, the PWD will build a 750-metre tunnel below the Ashram Chowk intersection between Nizamuddin railway over bridge and CSIR apartment on Mathura road.

Once the project is completed, it would benefit commuters passing through the busy Ashram crossing which records approximately 4.29 lakh vehicles every day.