There is good news for those going to Delhi Airport from Gurugram, Sohna and Jaipur. The 2.5 km long tunnel built on Dwarka Expressway will open from 29th May from 12 noon to 3 pm. This will make it easier to go to the airport and reduce traffic on Delhi-Gurugram Expressway. For now, entry of some vehicles will be prohibited. This tunnel is a part of Dwarka Expressway, through which one can reach Palam Airport from Manesar in 30 minutes.
Highlights
Jagran Correspondent, Gurugram. People coming from Gurugram, Sohna and Jaipur will find it easier to go to Delhi Airport. The work on the two and a half kilometer tunnel being built in Delhi area on Dwarka Expressway has been completed. In the first phase, it will be opened for three hours every day from May 29.
Drivers will be able to use this tunnel between 12 noon and 3 pm. After checking the pressure of vehicles, a decision can be taken soon on opening it completely in the second phase.
On Tuesday afternoon, officials of Delhi, Gurugram traffic police and NHAI inspected the tunnel and unanimously decided to open it for vehicles for three hours in the first phase.
Because during the afternoon there is a lot of pressure of vehicles going to the airport from Gurugram and Jaipur. In such a situation, opening of this tunnel will make it easier for drivers to reach the airport.
With drivers getting a good option of Dwarka Expressway, the pressure of vehicles on Delhi-Gurugram Expressway can also be reduced. This will ease the traffic. Gurugram traffic police officials said that a decision will also be taken soon to open the tunnel in the second phase.
It was informed that for now, entry of two-wheelers, three-wheelers, water tankers, gas tankers, tractor-trolleys and other low-speed vehicles will be prohibited in this tunnel.
The Gurugram section has already started a year ago
Dwarka Expressway has been constructed from near Kherki Daula toll plaza on Delhi-Gurugram Expressway to opposite Shiv Murti in Mahipalpur, Delhi. Its Gurugram part was opened last year. Construction of tunnel was left in Delhi part.
Now not only the construction of the tunnel has been completed. NHAI is trying to make it fully operational as soon as possible so that the traffic pressure on the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway can be reduced. There is a lot of traffic pressure on the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway from Dhaula Kuan in Delhi to Manesar in Gurugram, especially till the Sirhaul border.
After the Delhi section becomes operational, those going to the airport from Manesar will use the Dwarka Expressway. Not only this, those going to the airport from Gurugram area and those coming from the airport to Gurugram will also use the tunnel. This is expected to reduce the traffic pressure on both sides from Dhaula Kuan to Sirhaul border to a great extent.
The project at a glance
- The construction cost of the project is approximately Rs 9 thousand crores
- The responsibility of construction was given to different companies by dividing it into 02 parts
- A 2.5 kilometre tunnel has been constructed from Dwarka to near the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway in the Delhi part
- A 4 kilometre tunnel has been constructed from near Shivmurti in Mahipalpur to Palam Airport
- It will take approximately 30 minutes to reach Palam Airport from Manesar after more tunnels become operational
- 18.9 km of Dwarka Expressway is in Gurugram, the remaining 10.1 km is in Delhi
- 23 kilometers of the section is elevated and about four kilometers is built underground (tunnel)
