Work on the proposed 210 kilometres long Delhi-Dehradun expressway will begin by March this year. The Ministry of Road Transport And Highways plans to award contracts for construction of this expressway. The government plans to complete the project in the next two years.
Once completed, the Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun corridor will reduce the distance between the two cities from 235 kilometres at present to 210 kilometres. The proposed expressway will curtail the travel time between the two major cities by 4 hours.
Also, the Delhi-Dehradun expressway will act as a catalyst for the economic development of the region. Notably, the expressway has been designed for driving at a minimum speed of 100 kilometre per hour.
Issuing a statement, the Centre earlier in the day said the road will cut the travel distance between Delhi and the Uttarakhand capital by 25 kilometres.
The Centre in the statement said that the Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun Economic corridor, whose work is underway, will reduce the distance between the two cities from 235 kilometres to 210 kilometres, and travel time from 6.5 hours as of now, to just 2.5 hours, once it is completed. More importantly, the expressway will be the country's first highway where there will be a 12-kilometer-long elevated corridor for protection of wildlife.
Pointers on Delhi-Dehradun expressway
The expressway will have an elevated 12-kilometer stretch to enable unhindered movement of animals.
The stretch on the expressway will be Asia's largest wildlife corridor.
The expressway will have a total 25 kilometres of elevated road - 6 kilometres in open, 14 in tunnels.
The proposed expressway will curtail the travel time between the two major cities by 4 hours.
The six-lane highway will pass through pristine forest areas.
The Centre has said that the land acquisition and environmental clearance processes are in final stages.
All must note that the expressway will take at least two years to be operational, "The development of this corridor is expected to boost the economy of the region being served by the highway, especially boosting the tourism in Uttarakhand," the government said.
