PWD scraps plans for 2 elevated corridors

{ STUCK FOR A DECADE } CHANGE IN URBAN DYNAMICS, SOARING COSTS

- Snehil Sinha

Two major elevated road corridors proposed nearly a decade ago by the Public Works Department (PWD) to ease traffic across Delhi are set to be shelved due to changed urban dynamics, soaring costs, and the emergence of alternative infrastructure, officials said on Thursday.

The projects - a north-south corridor linking west Delhi to the Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) and an east-west corridor connecting Anand Vihar to Peeragarhi - have remained stalled at the proposal stage since around 2015. Officials cited prolonged delays in statutory approvals, significant cost escalations, and the completion of other expressway projects that have altered traffic patterns and reduced the feasibility of the original plans.