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NEW DELHI: With the opening of the Western Peripheral Expressway, nearly 50,000 vehicles are expected to be off Delhi roads in the next few days. The 135km Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway, along with the already operational Eastern Peripheral Expressway, has completed a nearly 270-km ‘ring expressway’ around Delhi. In about a fortnight though, we believe 50,000 vehicles will be using the expressways.”On Monday, more than 20,000 heavy vehicles were diverted to both expressways. Now, vehicles not destined for Delhi, particularly trucks, can bypass the capital.“We expect over 50,000 heavy vehicles to go off the road once both the expressways start working in sync,” said joint CP (traffic) Alok Kumar. More than one-and-a-half lakh vehicles enter Delhi from 23 border points and 60 other stretches..