NHAI awards contract for Dwarka Expressway

Girja Shankar Kaura

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 13

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued Letter of Award for package-4 of Dwarka Expressway from Basai railway-over-bridge (RoB) to NH8-Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) intersection in Haryana on EPC under Bharatmala Pariyojna.

Development of this section of Dwarka Expressway will ensure seamless and safe movement of traffic between Delhi and Gurgaon and help in decongestion of existing Delhi-Gurugaon Expressway.

This eight-lane Expressway (NH-248 BB) will be constructed on EPC Mode at a cost of Rs 1047.007 crore.

The 8.76-km stretch of the road will be constructed by Larsen and Toubro Ltd. The project comprises eight-lane elevated structure for main carriageway of Dwarka Expressway, Trumpet Interchange for Manesar Road and Cloverleaf four interchange with NH8-SPR intersection, NHAI said in a statement.

The completion period of the project is two years with maintenance period of four years. Under the project, a minor bridge will be widened, additional ROBs, five VUP, six bus bays with bus shelters will be erected and four junction improvements will be carried out.