DND–KMP Expressway

DND–Faridabad–KMP Expressway is an under-construction 59 km long, 6/12-lane wide access-controlled expressway in Delhi NCR, India.[1] It will connect the junction of DND Flyway and Ring Road at Maharani Bagh in Delhi with the KMP Expressway at Khalilpur village near Sohna in Haryana. Now, it is a part of Delhi–Mumbai Expressway project.

DND–KMP Expressway
Route information
Maintained by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Length59 km (37 mi)
ExistedMay 2023 (expected)–present
Major junctions
North endDND Flyway, Maharani Bagh, Delhi
South endKMP Expressway, Khalilpur (Nuh), Haryana
Location
StatesDelhi and Haryana
Major citiesNew Delhi, Faridabad, Ballabgarh and Sohna
Highway system

Route

Delhi

The access-controlled expressway will start from the junction of DND Flyway and Ring Road (Sarai Kale Khan interchange) at Maharani Bagh in Delhi, and then move through Okhla, Jasola, Shaheen Bagh, Kalindi Kunj along the Agra Canal till Jaitpur-Pushta road (near Mithapur) in Delhi.

Haryana

From there it will connect with Faridabad–Ballabhgarh bypass road using Sehatpur Bridge in Faridabad; then cross over Delhi–Agra (NH-2) at Kail Gaon village (Faridabad district), Western DFC at Paroli village (Palwal district) and Palwal–Sohna (NH-919) at Hajipur village (Gurgaon district) and finish at the cloverleaf interchange with the KMP Expressway at Khalilpur village in Nuh district of Haryana.[2]

Construction

The construction work of the 'DND–Faridabad–KMP' section was awarded by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to Ahmedabad-based Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon Private Limited (DRA Infracon).[3] This project will reduce congestion in Ashram-Badarpur-Faridabad-Ballabhgarh region. This Expressway will have 3-lane service roads on either side for about 29 km, 7.35 km of the elevated section with two-level crossings at 4 locations of the metro rail line, 18 new underpasses, and 9 interchanges with improved junctions.

The NHAI has divided the construction work of DND–Faridabad–KMP section of Delhi–Mumbai Expressway project into 3 packages and its construction cost is around ₹3,313 crores (excluding land acquisition and utility shifting cost).[4][5]

Sr No Package Length in km Value in crores State
1. Junction of DND Flyway & Ring Road in Delhi to Jaitpur-Pushta road in Delhi 09 ₹1,422 Delhi
2. Jaitpur-Pushta road in Delhi to Sector-62/65 dividing road in Faridabad 24 ₹1,225 Haryana
3. Sector-62/65 dividing road in Faridabad to KMP Expressway at Khalilpur in Nuh district 26 ₹666 Haryana

Delhi–Mumbai Expressway

The construction work of Delhi–Mumbai Expressway is divided by NHAI into 4 sections with a total of 52 tenders/ construction packages as given below. The entire 1,350 Km long expressway is expected to be completed by March 2023.

Section Length in km No. of packages State-wise packages
DND–Faridabad–KMP 59 03 1 in Delhi and 2 in Haryana
Sohna–KMP–Vadodara 844 31 3 in Haryana, 13 in Rajasthan, 9 in Madhya Pradesh and 6 in Gujarat
Vadodara–Virar 354 13 10 in Gujarat and 3 in Maharashtra
Virar–JNPT 92 05 5 in Maharashtra

The NHAI has announced in August 2021, that an additional 30 km long spur will also be constructed from Noida International Airport in Jewar to Ballabgarh on this expressway.[6]

A 12 Km long, 4-lane national highway is also proposed by NHAI in Faridabad district. It will connect Chandawali village on DND–KMP Expressway with Maujpur village on Eastern Peripheral Expressway or KGP Expressway.[7]

Status updates
  • Mar 2019: Foundation stone laid by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on 1 March 2019 in Mithapur, Delhi.[8]
  • Dec 2019: NHAI invited bids for construction in 3 packages under Bharatmala Pariyojana.[9]
  • July 2020: Work awarded by NHAI to DRA Infracon Private Limited (Package-1 & Package-2).[5]
  • Aug 2020: Work awarded by NHAI to DRA Infracon Private Limited (Package-3).
  • Oct 2020: Soil testing work started in Faridabad district of Haryana[10]
  • Feb 2021: Construction work is expected to start this year: NHAI.[11]
  • May 2021: Construction work started in Package-3 on 14 May.
  • Aug 2021: Construction work started in Package-2 on 10 August.
  • Oct 2021: HSVP started demolishing illegal encroachments falling on the RoW in Faridabad.[12]

See also

References
  1. "59-km six-lane road to connect DND, Ring Road with Delhi-Mumbai expressway - delhi news". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. "New eight-lane road to connect Delhi's DND Flyway to Gurugram-Mumbai Expressway". businesstoday.in. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. "Work awarded for new Delhi-Mumbai e-way link". Times of India.
  4. "Delhi NCR: Six-lane highway to connect ring road-DND junction with Delhi-Mumbai Expressway". Times Now. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. "Contract award status of Delhi–Mumbai Expressway as of May 2021" (PDF). NHAI. 28 May 2021.
  6. "Jewar International Airport will be linked to Delhi-Mumbai Expressway". News18. 16 September 2021.
  7. "Link road between Delhi-Mumbai Expressway and KGP Expressway declared as national highway". Dainik Jagran.
  8. "Nitin Gadkari to lay foundation stone for Rs 3,580 crore project to decongest Delhi". Economic Times.
  9. "NHAI invites bids for highways under Bharatmala Pariyojana". Construction Week Online. 22 December 2019.
  10. "Soil testing for Delhi-Mumbai Expressway link begins in Faridabad". Times of India.
  11. "NHAI to start work on crucial decongestion projects in Delhi this year". Hindustan Times. 10 February 2021.
  12. "NHAI to raze 500 structures for Delhi-Mumbai Expressway". The Tribune. 9 October 2021.


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