Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Haryana portion of the Dwarka Expressway at a function held in Gurugram. This is an elevated expressway. The expressway will help ease traffic and reduce congestion on National Highway-48 between Delhi and Gurugram.
The expressway extends for 18.9 km in Gurugram and 10.1 km in Delhi.
The expressway stretches for 18.9 km in Gurugram and 10.1 km in Delhi, from near Khedki Daula toll plaza in Gurugram to Shivmurti in Mahipalpur, Delhi. Built at a cost of Rs 9,000 crore, the project is expected to ease traffic conditions on the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway and other major roads. The opening of this expressway is expected to provide considerable relief to the passengers facing traffic congestion on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway and other major routes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gurugram, Haryana about Rs. Inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 114 road projects worth one lakh crore. Today, here more than 100 projects worth more than Rs 1 lakh crore are being inaugurated or the foundation stone is being laid for the entire country… I congratulate crores of citizens of all the states for so many development projects: PM Modi
The time and days for the foundation stone laying ceremony and inauguration are decreasing.
During this, PM Modi said in his address that 'earlier governments used to make some small plan, organize some small program and wait for it for five years. Then, due to the speed with which the BJP government is working, the days and time for laying the foundation stone and inauguration are decreasing. From today the traffic experience between Delhi and Haryana will change forever. This modern expressway will transform not only the vehicles but also the lives of the people of Delhi NCR.
Big companies are coming here and setting up their projects.
He further said that '3 months of 2024 are not over yet and in such a short time the foundation stone of a project worth Rs 10 lakh crore has been laid and inaugurated. These are only the projects in which I myself am involved. Apart from this, my Chief Ministers and Ministers have also laid the foundation stone and inaugurated development schemes. Where Dwarka Expressway is built today, there was a time when people used to hesitate in coming here after the evening. Even taxi drivers refused to come here. This entire area was considered unsafe. But today many big companies are coming here and setting up their projects. This area is becoming one of the fastest growing areas of NCR.