PM Modi to inaugurate UER-II, Dwarka Expressway on Sunday

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the 76-km UER-II , which has been developed as the third Ring Road of Delhi, and the Dwarka Expressway (29 km) on Sunday. These two roads are a key part of the Centre’s Delhi decongestion plan and are expected to reduce congestion on the Ring Road and other arterial links of Delhi.

The two interlinked access-controlled highways will ensure nonstop travel for vehicles coming from Chandigarh side towards IGI airport, Gurgaon and Jaipur. Sources said that all pending works have been completed.

While Dwarka Expressway has been developed in four packages and cost around Rs 9,000 crore, the Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) was divided in five packages and has been built at a total cost of Rs 7,716 crore. Though the Dwarka Expressway is fully operational, Modi had inaugurated the Haryana section of this high-speed corridor in Mar 2024, just ahead of the last Lok Sabha election.

As per National Highways Authority of India, the UER-II starts from Alipur on NH-44 in Delhi and connects NH-9 and NH-48 in the national capital. The project was conceptualised as a part of Delhi Master Plan 2021. While around 54.2 km of it falls in Delhi, the remaining 21.5 km is in Haryana. The highway stretch provides connectivity to the proposed IICC in Dwarka through Dwarka Expressway.

The Dwarka Expressway has been developed as an 8-lane grade-separated highway, with a provision for minimum 3-lane service roads on both sides. It has four multi-level interchanges and cross-road underpasses at major junctions. The NHAI has invited bids for rolling out multi-lane free flow (MLFF) tolling on this stretch.