Nitin Gadkari announces projects worth Rs 12,500 Cr to improve Delhi’s transport system

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari yesterday announced projects worth 12,500 crore rupees to improve Delhi’s transport system and reduce congestion as well as pollution in the city. He also announced a fund of 1200 crore rupees from the Central Road and Infrastructure Fund for Delhi.

      

Under the project, direct connectivity to Delhi-Katra Expressway will provide, direct connectivity to vehicles coming from Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab to the Indira Gandhi International Airport and Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. Vehicles coming from Dehradun



will get alternate connectivity to the Indira Gandhi International Airport through Dwarka Expressway, reducing the travel time from one and a half hours to 45 minutes.

     

With the implementation of these projects, the pressure of vehicles coming from outside Delhi will be reduced. Traffic jams and Air pollution issues will also decrease. Yesterday, Delhi’s seven MPs met Mr. Gadkari in New Delhi and submitted a letter to him related to Delhi’s transport system and pollution problems being faced by the people.