Prime Minister to lay Foundation Stone for Delhi-Meerut Expressway
Prime Minister to lay Foundation Stone for
Delhi-Meerut Expressway
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will
lay the foundation stone for the construction of 74 Km long Delhi-Dasna-Meerut
14 lane Expressway and upgradation of 22 Km long Dasna-Hapur section of NH-24,
at Institutional Area, Plot No A-33, Sector -62, Noida, at 12 Noon on Thursday
,the 31st of December 2015. Uttar Pradesh Governor Shri
Ram Naik, Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari,
Union Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Shri Harsh
Vardhan, MoS, Culture and Tourism(I/C) and Civil Aviation Dr Mahesh Sharma, MoS
Statistics & Programme Implementation (I/C), External Affairs and Overseas
Indian Affairs General V.K.Singh and MoS Road Transport and Shipping Shri
P. Radhakrishnan will also be present on the occasion.
Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Nitin Gadkari informed that the above project will cost Rs 7566
Crore and will include the following three components :
· DME Phase-I
- Construction of 28 km long 14 lane Delhi-Dasna section of Delhi-Meerut
Expressway, costing Rs 2869 Crore
· DME Phase II
– Construction of 46 km long, 6 lane Dasna-Meerut section of Delhi-Meerut
Expressway, costing Rs 3575 Crore
· 6- laning of
22 km long Dasna-Hapur section of NH -24 costing Rs 1122 Crore.
There is an urgent need for an
expressway between Delhi and Meerut because NH- 58, the only existing
link between the two places is heavily congested with traffic. The alignment of
Delhi-Meerut Express will start from Nizammudin Bridge [T point km 00.000] from
Delhi and will continue on existing NH – 24 upto Dasna [km 30.38]. From
Dasna there will be completely a new alignment upto Meerut. The alignment
will terminate on inner ring road/ Meerut bypass near Railway crossing [km 66]
at Meerut.
The project constitutes of 4-packages as detailed under:
|
Package
No.
|
Description
of Packages
|
|
I
|
Nizamuddin
Bridge to UP Border (Km 0.000 to Km 8.360)
|
|
II
|
UP
Border to Dasna (Km 8.360 to Km 27.500)
|
|
III
|
Dasna
to Hapur (Km 27.500 to Km 49.923)
|
|
IV
|
New
Alignment of Delhi Meerut Expressway from Dasna to Meerut (27.500 to 64.552 =
37.052 Km.) & six laning of connector (0.00 to 9.004 = 9.004 Km.)
|
Bids for the Delhi-Hapur section of
NH-24 project in following three packages on new Hybrid Annuity Model have been
invited with bid due date as 15.12.2015:
|
Package
No.
|
Description
of Packages
|
Civil
Cost (Rs. In Cr)
|
|
I
|
Nizamuddin
Bridge to UP Border (Km 0.000 to Km 8.360)
|
609.67
|
|
II
|
UP
Border to Dasna (Km 8.360 to Km 27.500)
|
1259.43
|
|
III
|
Dasna
to Hapur (Km 27.500 to Km 49.923)
|
940.50
|
|
|
|
2809.60
|
New Alignment of DME from Dasna to
Meerut (Km 27.500 to 64.552) & 6-laing of Connector (Km 0.000 to Km 9.004)
is also to be taken up after the completion of 90% land acquisition.
Project Features:
|
Sl. No.
|
Element
|
Packages
|
Total
|
||
|
I
|
II
|
III
|
|||
|
1
|
Length (Km)
|
8.716
|
19.284
|
22.270
|
50.270
|
|
2
|
Lanes
|
6
lane Expressway, 4+4 lane Highway
|
NH-24 (3+3)
|
-
|
|
|
3
|
Service Road/Slip
Roads (Km)
|
0
|
0
|
41.36
|
41.36
|
|
4
|
Cycle Tracks (Km)
|
8.716
|
19.284
|
0
|
28.000
|
|
5
|
Flyovers/Interchanges
(Nos.)
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
|
6
|
Elevated section (Km)
|
0
|
0
|
4.66
|
4.66
|
|
7
|
Major Bridges (Nos.)
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
8
|
Minor Bridges (Nos.)
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
10
|
|
9
|
Railway Over Bridge
(Nos.)
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
10
|
Vehicular Underpasses
(Nos.)
|
5
|
12
|
6
|
22
|
|
11
|
Pedestrian Underpasses
(Nos.)
|
0
|
6
|
1
|
8
|
The status of pre construction
activities, land acquisition and other details are as follows-
Package I
|
Description
|
Status
|
|
Land
acquisition
|
Total
land required : 83.184 Ha
Land
in possession : 78.444 Ha (94.3%)
Balance
to be acquired : 4.74 Ha (To be transferred from Govt. of Delhi/DDA)
|
|
MOEF
Clearance
|
Not
Required
|
|
Forest
Clearance
|
Forest
Clearance is not required. Only tree cutting permission is required . Tree
counting is in progress.
|
|
GAD
of ROB
|
There
is no ROB
|
Package II
|
Description
|
Status
|
|
Land
acquisition
|
Total
land required : 173.556 Ha
Land
in possession : 173.556 Ha (100%)
Encroachments
in Pandav Nagar to be got removed
|
|
MOEF
Clearance
|
Not
Required
|
|
Forest
Clearance
|
Applications
submitted to Forest Deptt. Joint inspection of Ghaziabad district is in
progress.
|
|
GADs
|
There
is 1 ROB for which the GAD has been submitted to the Railways and approval is
under process.
|
Package III
|
Description
|
Status
|
|
Land
acquisition
|
Total
land required : 91.870 Ha
Land
in possession : 91.370 Ha (99.50%)
Balance
to be acquired : 0.50 Ha
3A
notification: Under Process
|
|
MOEF
Clearance
|
Not
Required
|
|
Forest
Clearance
|
Applications
submitted to Forest Deptt. Joint inspection of district Hapur completed,
Meerut & Ghaziabad district in progress.
|
|
GAD
of ROB
|
Nil
|
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