NHAI to begin trial for Dwarka e-way tunnel next week

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to begin traffic trials of two connected tunnels from the Dwarka Expressway towards the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway from next week — a move that will bring relief to thousands of commuters travelling on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, particularly those travelling from Dwarka to Gurugram.

- Abhishek Behl

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This will allow seamless movement of vehicles from Dwarka towards Gurugram without going to Mahipalpur, said highway officials. NHAI officials added that the tunnel will be opened for a few hours daily for vehicles to study the movement of traffic.

A senior official, aware of the matter, said that they expect the traffic trials on the entire network to be completed by the end of this month, and it could be inaugurated for movement of traffic by the middle of June.

The 5.1km-long tunnel which connects the Dwarka Expressway to the IGI Airport has two components, one is the 3.6km-long main tunnel, which has eight lanes, while the other one is 1.5km in length (two lanes), which will take traffic from Dwarka expressway to the Delhi-Jaipur highway towards Gurugram.