Delhi-Saharanpur highway to be developed soon

  • | Sunday | 9th September, 2018

Meerut: There is good news for motorists and commuters as the 182-km-long Delhi-Saharanpur highway , riddled with potholes and lying in a state of disrepair, will soon get the much-needed facelift. “We believe that in the next six months, the first phase of the highway will be completed. The highway will be completed in three phases: The first phase is from Ghaziabad to Baghpat (meeting point of Eastern Peripheral Expressway) to Shamli by pass. The stone-laying ceremony of the highway will be done by CM Yogi Adityanath and Union minister Nitin Gadkari on September 11,” said Singh.In the second phase, the highway from Shamli to Saharanpur will be completed, and in the third phase, the road between Baghpat and Delhi will be developed. The national highway NH-709 B is 154 km long from Ghaziabad to Saharanpur.

Meerut: There is good news for motorists and commuters as the 182-km-long Delhi-Saharanpur highway , riddled with potholes and lying in a state of disrepair, will soon get the much-needed facelift. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and Union minister for road, transport and highways Nitin Gadkari will visit Baghpat on September 11 for the stone-laying ceremony for developing the highway.“In the first phase, a 61-km-long stretch of the highway from Baghpat to Shamli will be developed, for which Rs 726 crore has been earmarked,” said Union minister Satyapal Singh at a press conference here on Sunday. “We believe that in the next six months, the first phase of the highway will be completed. The national highway NH-709 B is 154 km long from Ghaziabad to Saharanpur. The highway will be completed in three phases: The first phase is from Ghaziabad to Baghpat (meeting point of Eastern Peripheral Expressway) to Shamli by pass. The stone-laying ceremony of the highway will be done by CM Yogi Adityanath and Union minister Nitin Gadkari on September 11,” said Singh.In the second phase, the highway from Shamli to Saharanpur will be completed, and in the third phase, the road between Baghpat and Delhi will be developed. Once the construction of the highway is complete, motorists from Baghpat will be able to reach Delhi in just two hours, which now takes more than three hours due to the bad condition of the road.The pot-hole riddled highway has been waiting for the much-needed repair and development for the past 10 years.After the stone-laying ceremony, chief minister Yogi Adityanath and Union minister Nitin Gadkari will address the people at Jaat College in Baraut.

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