The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will soon start work on Flyover-cum-Road Over Bridge (ROB) on the Urban Extension Road at Narela for which the agency will soon float the tender. The project is among five major road infrastructure projects for which the Ministry of Urban Development has approved an assistance of Rs658 crore.
The cost of the project is Rs437.21 crore, out of which assistance of 80 per cent has been approved from the Union Development Fund (UDF).
According to a report on road infrastructure, this project will ease the traffic chaos and also provide direct access to Bawana Road industrial complex from National Highway-1.
A senior DDA official said that DDA will construct this project after issuing the tender and like other projects of UDF, the first installment of 20 per cent of funds from UDF shall be released on the award of work having all clearances. “The subsequent fund for the project will be released in three installments of 30, 40 and 10 per cent after the submission of utilisation certificate while the final installment of 10 per cent will be released after getting the completion certificate,” said DDA official.
Out of five major road infrastructure projects which will be financially supported by UDF, three projects will be constructed by Public Works Department (PWD ) and Delhi Government. They include flyover and underpasses connecting Northen Mahipalpur, Areocity, Airport and National Highway-8; Skywalk and foot over bridge at junction of Sikandra Road, Mathura Road, Tilak Marg, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg near ITO for pedestrians; and widening of road, construction of up-ramp and improvement of Ring Road from ISBT, Kashmere Gate and Salimgarh bypass. Meanwhile, construction of Grade Separator at Rani Jhansi Road shall be constructed by North Delhi Municipal Corporation.
As per DDA official, the total cost for Rani Jhansi flyover is Rs200 crore out of which, North MCD has already incurred expenditure of Rs115 crore whereas balance of Rs85 crore has been approved to be given from the UDF.