Barapullah phase IV will link airport

The project is expected to cost about Rs 1,260 crore.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for Barapullah phase III, which will connect East and South Delhi. The corridor is expected to be extended till the Indira Gandhi International Airport as part of phase IV.

Although Singh claimed that tenders for the project had been issued, BJP MP Maheish Girri clarified that the process was under way and that it was a mere “procedural matter”. PWD officials later said that the tendering process will begin within a week. While the deadline for completion of phase III has been fixed at December 2017, Singh announced that the project will be completed six months earlier.

“There is need to minimise traffic congestion on roads and we want to build such infrastructure across India to decongest roads. The third phase of Barapullah will be useful for the people of East and South Delhi. This project will be completed by June 2017,” Singh said.

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This extension of elevated road will be from Sarai Kale Khan to Mayur Vihar. The project is expected to cost about Rs 1,260 crore. With the completion of this project, travel time from East Delhi to AIIMS will be reduced to 10 minutes, in ideal traffic conditions.

PWD secretary Arun Baroka said that at present, 70,000 PCUs (passenger car units) are plying over Barapullah Phase I stretch. “This project has already recovered its cost by savings in time and fuel. After completion of Barapullah Phase III, it is estimated that 1,00,000 PCUs will use this stretch. We have estimated that this project will recover its cost in two and a half years,” Baroka said.

He said “people were already enquiring about phase IV of Barapullah”. Referring to this, Delhi Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung said “Phase IV will definitely be initiated”.

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