NHAI begins work on corridor to link UP airport, expressway

Bijendra Ahlawat

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, October 20

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has started work to acquire land in 14 villages of Faridabad and Palwal districts for the corridor (expressway) project which will connect the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway with the upcoming International Airport at Jewar in UP, from here.

Revealing that the project involves the acquisition of land in 18 villages of Haryana and UP, a senior official of the NHAI said while 14 villages fall in Faridabad and Palwal districts, land of four villages of Gautam Budh Nagar will also be acquired or the 30-km-long expressway corridor.

With four interchangeable points, this road will start from Sahupura village of Faridabad district, from where the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway passes. Other entry and exit points will be located at Hirapur-Chhainsa (also in Faridabad) and two places on the Yamuna Expressway in UP.

Officials said while 22-km-long passage will be in Faridabad and Palwal districts, the remaining 8 km will be in UP.

The villages whose land will be acquired include Sahupura, Sotai, Chandawali, Bahbalpur, Fafunda, Panhera Khurd, Mahmudpur, Hirapur, Chhainsa, Mohna and Mohiyapur in Faridabad. Land of Begumpur and Jhumpa, located in Palwal district, has also been identified for the purpose. In UP, land of Vallabhnagar, Dayanatpur, Lena Bangar, Karoli Banger and Faleda Banger villages will be acquired. As the signal-free corridor will have a run of 22 km in Faridabad and Palwal districts, its height above the ground is proposed to be around eight feet.

Several bridges and underpasses have also been planned to provide access to residents of the villages, said sources. The travel time from Faridabad to the Jevar airport through it will be around 20 minutes, claimed sources.

“The design and the total cost of the corridor is expected to be revealed after the process of land acquisition, which has begun,’’ says Dhiraj Singh, a senior NHAI official, who added that the project was expected to cost Rs 1,000-1,500 crore.