The expressway, which already missed several deadlines, is expected to decongest various city roads as it will serve as a bypass for vehicles which pass through Delhi on the way to other states.
The new timeline for completion of the mega project costing around Rs 2,700 crore was finalised at a meeting held here between Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and her Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
"It was decided to complete the project by May 2013. We resolved all issues coming in the way of completing the project," Dikshit said after the meeting.
The Expressway will link a number of highways passing through Delhi, besides criss-crossing various towns and cities in Haryana. It will connect NH-1 at Kundli and NH-2 at Faridabad via NH-10 and NH-8.
The Delhi government has already paid over Rs 621 crore as compensation for land acquisition for the expressway. The land acquisition cost for the project is being shared by Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. As per agreement, Delhi would incur 50 per cent of land acquisition cost while Haryana and Uttar Pradesh would pay 25 per cent each.
The cost of land acquisition has increased from Rs 167 crore to Rs 1,110 crore, officials said, adding that the Delhi Government may need to pay more money as compensation for land acquisition.
The meeting decided that 52 km-long stretch between Manesar and Palwal will be opened for vehicular traffic within next 100 days as 90 per cent of the work has been completed, they said. (More)
