Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

‘Dwarka e-way to be built in five phases’

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GURGAON: The Northern Peripheral Road (NPR), popularly known as the Dwarka Expressway, will be constructe­d in five phases, Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh said in New Delhi on Monday after meeting members of an associatio­n that demanded speedy completion of the key road that promises to decongest the city hit by massive influx of in-transit vehicles.

“The final notificati­on for acquiring land in New Delhi for the Expressway has been issued. The NHAI will soon start the process of acquiring land and construct the expressway in five phases,” Singh said. He said in the first phase, a 5.3km stretch will be constructe­d from Shiv Murti, located adjacent to the DelhiGurga­on Expressway in New Delhi, to the railway underbridg­e (RUB) in Dwarka. In the second phase, a 4.2 km stretch from the RUB to the New Delhi-Haryana border will be built. HTC

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