New Delhi, There is good news for those traveling from Delhi to Gurugram. From next week there will be neither jam nor delay in going to office. The interesting thing is that the entire journey from Delhi to Gurugram will be covered in air, because the country's smallest and first of its kind urban expressway has been completed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate this expressway on Monday i.e. March 11.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had also announced last week that the Dwarka-Gurugram Expressway is ready. PM Modi will inaugurate it on March 11. This expressway is being considered as a lifeline for the people of Delhi and Gurugram. It will be opened for the common man from Monday. With its completion, the journey between Delhi and Gurugram, which currently takes an hour, will be covered in 20 minutes.

how much work is still left

PM Modi will inaugurate the Gurugram section on Monday, March 11, on which 99 percent work has been completed. Although, it has not yet received clearance from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), but all this work will be completed this week. More than 90 percent work on the Delhi portion of this expressway has also been completed. That means this expressway is now ready to serve the general public.

From where to where does the expressway go?

This expressway connects Dwarka in Delhi to Kherki Dhaula in Gurugram. The total length of the expressway is 18.9 kilometers, out of which 10.1 kilometers falls in Delhi and the rest in Haryana. A total expenditure of Rs 9 thousand crore has been incurred on its construction. Some construction is currently going on on the 10.1 kilometer stretch of the expressway.

Expressway completed in 4 phases

Dwarka Expressway has been prepared in a total of 4 phases. The first section is from Mahipalpur to Bijwasan, which is 5.9 kilometers long. After this, Bijwasan Railway Overbridge was built from Delhi-Haryana border, which is 4.2 kilometers. Then a 10.2 km stretch has been built from Delhi-Haryana border to Basai ROB. Finally, a stretch of 8.7 kilometers from Basai to Kherki Dhaula Interchange was prepared.

9 kilometer air route

Dwarka Expressway is quite special in many ways. On this expressway of total 8 lanes, vehicles will run either in the air or underground. Its width is 34 meters, which stands on a single pillar. The total length of the path to be covered in the air is about 9 kilometers. Entry on the expressway will be completely controlled and it can be used only from the designated entry point.