Slip road, widening planned to decongest Dhaula Kuan

Three-pronged plan for smooth commute

- Paras Singh

Road-owning agencies at Dhaula Kuan are planning to widen the carriageways of National Highway 48 (NH-48), develop a three-lane slip road, and implement a plan to resolve waterlogging issues, in a bid to decongest the key south Delhi junction and make commuting smoother, government officials said.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has requested the Delhi Police for a 785 square-metre land parcel at the Subroto Park police post for undertaking the work. The slip road will involve reconstruction and redesign of the area, officials said.

“The Dhaula Kuan junction has seen several improvement works. A meeting with NHAI was held to review the future decongestion action plan under which this junction was also taken up. A new three-lane dedicated slip road will be constructed for vehicles heading towards Naraina from NH-48 and land has been sought from Delhi Police to execute this work,” a government official said.

“Delhi Police has submitted a draft memorandum of understanding along with estimates and design for the redevelopment of the area. The file is currently under consideration by the NHAI,” the official said.