Delhi News: Mayur Vihar and Noida residents travelling to Sarai Kale Khan, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Indira Gandhi International Airport are for a delight.
Rekha Gupta, the sitting Chief Minister of Delhi, has approved ₹1,635.03 crore budget for the Barapullah Phase-III elevated corridor. This would set a final completion deadline of June 2026, ensure signal-free and uninterrupted travel between East and South Delhi. This would also ease congestion on one of the busiest arterial roads of Delhi.
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The project was initially approved in December 2014 and construction started in 2015 and the delivery was scheduled to be completed in 2017. However, several deadlines were missed because of the arbitration disputes, pandemic, delays in shifting utilities and land acquisition challenges.
Originally, the approved cost was ₹1,260.63 crore but the project cost was then revised upward by ₹374.40 crore.
According to officials, the Barapullah Phase-III elevated corridor once completed would help in plugging a vital missing link in the Barapullah Corridor that presently connects Sarai Kale Khan in East Delhi to Central as well as South Delhi. The corridor is extensively used by passengers as an alternative uninterrupted route during peak traffic hours.
How Would It Benefit?
As of now, the journey to AIIMS from Mayur Vihar takes approximately 40-50 minutes during peak hours. The new link would help in reducing the journey time to 15-20 minutes, benefiting millions of daily commuters. The Phase III project would also ease traffic and congestion at some of the most-troubling bottlenecks for commuters, including Ring Road, Sarai Kale Khan, NH-24 and the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) Flyway.
An official remarked that the Delhi government has set a completion target by June 30 this year. The three-lane flyover would offer 4 loops each in Mayur Vihar and Sarai Kale Khan along with dedicated cycle tracks. It would also improve access to a multi-modal transit hub that includes ISBT, DMRC, Indian Railways, NCRTC and the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway.
