Centre announces ₹3,250-cr package for Delhi.

In a bid to ease mobility in the Capital, Union Minister of Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu recently announced special assistance of ₹3,250 crore for decongestion of roads and development of Delhi.

Delhi Government will be provided with ₹1,500 crore, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) with ₹1,665 crore and North Municipal Corporation of Delhi with ₹85 crore for executing various projects, a statement from the Ministry of Urban Development said.

'The Delhi Government will be supported for addressing different choking points through improvement of road geometry and construction of under passes and flyovers to enable traffic decongestion. Delhi Government will prioritise projects in consultation with Delhi Police, Municipal bodies and PWD,' Naidu said.

DDA will take up construction of 1-km-long rail under bridge at Holambi and 1.4-km-long rail over bridge at Mundka, on Eastern Urban Road-I at a cost of ₹615 crore, the statement said.

Apart from this, the authority will also construct 860-m-long rail over bridge at Narela on Urban Eastern Road-I for decongesting Outer Ring Road at a cost of ₹400 crore; 1.50-km-long tunnel near Bhagya Vihar and Meer Vihar on Urban Eastern Road-II at a cost of ₹300 crore which helps in decongesting Outer Ring Road; and complete the 3.50-km stretch of Dwarka Expressway between Urban Eastern Road-II and Northern Peripheral Road.

North MCD will be provided with ₹85 crore to complete balance work of construction of Grade Separator at Rani Jhansi Road that will reduce travel time from Karol Bagh to North Delhi by about 50 minutes, the statement added.

Naidu also announced sanction of ₹96.70 crore to Delhi Government for taking up Swachh Delhi works through Municipal Bodies and handed over a cheque to Delhi Government.

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