Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the 3.8-km-long elevated corridor on Outer Ring Road from Madhuban Chowk to Mukarba Chowk on Sunday. The flyover is part of the signal-free Vikaspuri-Wazirabad project in Delhi.

While throwing open the corridor for public use, Kejriwal said, “This corridor and the rest of the project, once completed,

will save a lot of time for people of Delhi especially in this busy area where traffic snarls are so common.”

The 3.8-km-long stretch was built in 30 months at a cost of Rs300 crore against the sanctioned Rs421.79 crore. The Vikaspuri-Wazirabad signal-free elevated corridor in outer Delhi was an initiative of the Sheila Dikshit dispensation.

“We thank Sheila Dikshit Government for starting this project but our PWD engineers and officials must be applauded and rewarded for carrying out this project in lesser time and for bringing down the construction cost by Rs120 crore,” Kejriwal said.

The third phase of the project traverses through busy areas like Prashant Vihar T-junction, Shalimar Bagh crossing and Badli T-junction, and commuters expressed happiness over the opening of the much-awaited flyover.

 “We have already decided the money saved from this would be used for providing free medicines to patients in our hospitals by waiving the user charge from February 1,” he said.

Home Minister Satyender Jain, who was present, had earlier claimed the Delhi Government has “saved Rs350 crore” in construction of the three flyovers. The second phase of the Vikaspuri-Wazirabad project, a 3.9 km-long stretch from Mangolpuri to Madhuban Chowk, was inaugurated on January 17. The public works department (PWD) had saved Rs123.05 crore in the construction of that phase.