Work on Badarpur flyover stepped up

Come October and commuters can expect a smooth drive between Delhi and Faridabad along National Highway Number 2 (NH-2). Prabhu Razdan reports.

Come October and commuters can expect a smooth drive between Delhi and Faridabad along National Highway Number 2 (NH-2).

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The construction of the much-awaited Badarpur flyover has been stepped up to ensure the flyover is completed and opened for traffic before the Commonwealth Games.

"The deadline for completion of this flyover is December 2010, but efforts are being made to complete it before the start of the Commonwealth Games,” RK Chawla, Project Director, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said.

According to NHAI, construction of the Rs 340 crore, 4.4-kilometre flyover project has been entrusted to Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), which started the work in December 2008, Chawla said.

According to officials, commuters will have to shell out money for using this flyover and work on the toll plaza has also started near Sarai Khwaja in Faridabad.

“The 20-lane toll plaza is also coming up on Faridabad side; vehicles using the flyover will have to pay the fee at the toll plaza,” Chawla said.

Officials added that only commuters taking the elevated stretch will have to pay, whereas the road on the surface will be toll-free.

The 4.4-kilometer flyover starts in Delhi at NTPC chowk near Badarpur and will end at Sector 37 in Faridabad.