Cars gutted by fire following head-on collision on Dwarka Expressway, one dead
According to Delhi Fire Services (DFS), the accident occurred around 12:20 AM, involving two cars.
India’s first elevated eight-lane access control Dwarka Expressway of 29.6 km length, being built at a cost of Rs 9000 crore, will be almost completed by April 2024, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari informed on Thursday.
He said the 34-meter wide expressway is being constructed on 18.9 km single pillar in Haryana and 10.1 km long in Delhi.
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Gadkari was inspecting the Expressway today along with Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena, Union Minister of State General VK Singh, Union Minister of State Rao Inderjit Singh, MP Pravesh Singh Verma and MP Ramesh Bidhuri.
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Interacting with the media, Gadkari said the road network of this expressway is of four levels. He said the flyover is being constructed over a tunnel, underpass, grade road, elevated road and flyover. A 3-lane service road is being constructed on both sides of the expressway.
The minister said the country’s widest 8-lane tunnel of 3.6 km length is being built on this expressway in Delhi. This will improve the connectivity of the people of Haryana and West Delhi to the Indira Gandhi International Airport, he added.
Gadkari said in Haryana, this expressway will intersect Pataudi Road (SH-26) near Harsaru and Farukhnagar (SH-15A) near Basai, apart from this, it will also cross the Delhi-Rewari rail line near Gurgaon Sector-88 (B) and UER-II at Bharthal.
He said the expressway will connect Sector-21 of Gurgaon with Sector-88, 83, 84, 99, 113 and Dwarka to Global City. This entire expressway will have an Intelligent Transport System (ITS) facility, he added.
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