Delhi Election 2025: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari made a significant announcement on Thursday concerning Delhi's transportation system, pollution, and traffic. In addition to a further CRIF fund of Rs 1200 crore, the government intends to invest Rs 12,500 crore in this area. The fact that this master plan was released days before the Delhi elections is significant.

Taking to social media platform X, Nitin Gadkari said, “Recognizing the important proposals given by Union Minister of State H D Malhotra including Delhi MPs Praveen Khandelwal, Ramvir Bidhuri, Bansuri Swaraj, Manoj Tiwari and Yogender Chandoliya to find solution to the traffic and pollution problem of Delhi, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, new works worth ₹12500 crore are being announced to improve Delhi's transport network and to reduce pollution as well as congestion in the city.”

According to Nitin Gadkari, this infrastructure investment will alleviate the load on vehicles arriving from outside Delhi. It would address the issue of transportation congestion and hence minimize air pollution in the national capital.

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The master plan estimates investing Rs 2500 on a route connecting UER-II to Delhi-Katra Expressway via KMPE. This will provide direct connectivity for vehicles arriving from Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab to Indira Gandhi International Airport and Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.

In addition, he announced a Rs 2200 crore investment to connect UER-II near Alipur to the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway near Tronica City. This route will make it easier for vehicles to travel to Haryana and Rajasthan from Dehradun.

Nitin Gadkari added, “Vehicles coming from Dehradun will get alternative connectivity to Indira Gandhi International Airport via UER-II and Dwarka Expressway. Travel time will be reduced from one and a half hours to 45 minutes.”

The Road Transport and Highways Minister announced a Rs 1 lakh crore project to improve Delhi's infrastructure over the next two years.