Delhi-Meerut Expressway

The Government has decided to construct Six- lane Delhi-Meerut Expressway.

Six lane Delhi-Meerut Expressway is proposed to be constructed up to Dasna along National Highway-24 and from Dasna to Meerut along a Greenfield alignment. In the first phase, it has been decided to develop Delhi-Dasna-Hapur section on Hybrid Annuity mode. Delhi-Dasna section is of fourteen lane configuration (Six lanes Expressway and Four lanes on either side) and Dasna-Hapur section is of Six lane configurations. Bids for these stretches have already been invited. The Greenfield alignment i.e. Dasna-Meerut section shall be taken up in second phase after completion of land acquisition and other pre-construction activities. For completion of work is a time bound manner, the entire project has been divided into manageable small size packages.

This information was given by Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.