The Prime Minister last month launched three important highway projects worth Rs 10,166 crore to decongest Delhi.

Nitin Gadkari, Road Transport and Highway Minister said:
Presently there is only one route i.e. NH-58 between Delhi and Meerut on which the traffic remains jammed at several places, thus causing a lot of inconvenience to people commuting between Delhi and Meerut.

The alignment of Delhi-Meerut Express will start from Nizammudin Bridge from Delhi and will continue on existing NH 24 upto Dasna [km 30.38]. From Dasna there will be completely a new alignment upto Meerut. The alignment will terminate on inner ring road/ Meerut bypass near Railway crossing at Meerut.

The project is proposed under four packages with the three packages Nizamuddin Bridge to UP Border, UP Border to Dasna and Dasna to Hapur project cost at Rs 2,809.6 crore. The fourth package will be a new alignment of Delhi Meerut Expressway from Dasna to Meerut and six laning of connector.

It is proposed that new alignment of the expressway from Dasna to Meerut and six-laing of Connector is also to be taken after the completion of 90% land acquisition.

The 87 km project besides 9 km connector will have 6 lane expressway and 4+4 lane highway, service roads, cycle tracks, flyovers, elevated sections, major and minor bridges, railway overbridges, vehicular underpasses and pedestrian underpasses.

The total land required for three packages is 348.6 hectares of which 343.36 hectare has already been acquired.

Earlier this month Gadkari has said,
PM Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone of Delhi-Meerut Expressway on December 31 - The Economic Times