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At UER-II opening, Gadkari shares decongestion plan
Hindustan Times Delhi
|August 18, 2025
Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari, at the inauguration of the Delhi sections of the Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) and Dwarka Expressway on Sunday, said that opening of the two links is likely to halve traffic jams in Delhi. He also outlined the Union government's upcoming infrastructure plans to improve connectivity between high-speed corridors in Delhi-NCR, which will improve logistics and reduce costs.
“The people of Delhi-NCR will get a lot of relief from these two projects. If I say that 50% of traffic jams in Delhi will reduce due to the UER-II and Dwarka Express highway, I don't think it will be surprising,” he said.
Crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for directing his ministry to develop world-class infrastructure, he said, “At that time, the situation in Delhi was not good...we decided to make Delhi a world-class city and made a plan to make it congestion free.”
Gadkari said plans are underway to link UER-II with the Delhi-Katra Expressway, link Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab with the Delhi airport, and the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway with UER-II.
This story is from the August 18, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Delhi.
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