With its one year anniversary round the corner, Delhi Health and PWD Minister Satyendra Jain made a slew of announcements on Friday. He claimed that the Delhi Government will construct 10 elevated corridors in various parts of the national Capital in the coming years. Jain dared that the planning phase of these projects is complete and if required sanctions from DDA, lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung and other agencies are received, he will complete all the projects in a three year’s time after that.
“Out of the 10 elevated corridors, three will be two-tiered while others single-tiered,” said Jain, adding that the two-tiered ones would also have Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) corridor.
Jain further claimed that the Government has identified locations where these new elevated corridors would be built.
“Among others, we have identified the roads from Anand Vihar to Tikri Border via Punjabi Bagh for construction of an elevated corridor. The length of this project would be around 40 km… Another elevated corridor would be built from Shastri Park to Tronica City,” said the Minister, adding that he would give the details of other corridors next week.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had on Thursday said his Government was mulling constructing elevated BRT corridors. He had said the Government would construct two-tier elevated roads - one dedicated to BRT and the other an expressway. According to the plan, buses would ply on the BRT corridor while cars and others vehicles on the expressway.