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There is a relief news for lakhs of drivers who commute daily between West Delhi and Haryana border. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has started work on a comprehensive plan to eliminate the heavy traffic pressure on New Rohtak Road, which is one of the busiest and jam-packed routes of the capital. Under this new project, about 8 km long elevated corridor will be built between Mundka to Peeragarhi in West Delhi. This corridor is planned to be built mainly parallel to the railway line, so that the complications of land acquisition in densely populated areas can be avoided and vehicular movement on the existing road remains smooth.
Presently New Rohtak Road serves as the main connectivity route between Haryana (Bahadurgarh, Rohtak, Hisar) and West Delhi. Every day thousands of heavy commercial vehicles, containers, trucks and trolleys use this narrow corridor to enter Delhi. Due to this, there are hours long traffic jams during peak hours around Peeragadhi Chowk, Nangloi, Rajdhani Park and Mundka Metro Station.
After construction of the new 8 kilometer long elevated corridor, all long distance commercial and heavy vehicles will be bypassed directly from above. As a result, the existing ground level road will be completely open for local traffic, DTC buses and daily commuters, thereby significantly reducing pollution and travel time.
The most strategic aspect of this infrastructure project is its direct connectivity with Urban Extension Road-2 (UER-II). UER-2 has been developed as the Third Ring Road of Delhi, connecting Najafgarh, Bahadurgarh, Dwarka Expressway and Rohini.
After the Mundka-Piragarhi elevated corridor is linked to UER-2, the traffic coming from Haryana will be able to go directly towards Outer Delhi, North Delhi, Karnal Road (NH-44) and Indira Gandhi International Airport without getting stuck on the internal roads of the city. This will reduce the vehicular pressure not only on Rohtak Road but also on Ring Road and Outer Ring Road.
According to regional officials of NHAI, work is underway to build this corridor along the railway line. For this, an in-principle no objection certificate (NOC) has been sought from the concerned railway authorities regarding the use of railway land. After receiving the formal green signal from the Railways, the proposal will be sent to the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for final approval.
Along with this, the Detailed Project Report (DPR) to make the entire 18 km stretch from Punjabi Bagh to Tikri Border signal-free is also under consideration of the Central Government. According to officials, in the first phase, the work of making the stretch from Peeragarhi to Ghevra completely signal-free will be done on priority basis.
Mundka and Nangloi areas are not only densely populated but are also home to thousands of small and big industrial units and warehouses. Till now, transportation of raw materials and finished products had to face huge delays due to the jam. The construction of this elevated road will give a new impetus to logistics operations between Bahadurgarh and Delhi. Also, daily commuters going to Rohini, Pitampura, Paschim Vihar and Janakpuri will be relieved from daily mental stress and fuel wastage forever.