Delhi-Mumbai Expressway Update: The construction of the Greenfield Expressway linking the Faridabad part of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway to Noida International Airport is underway. The Greenfield Expressway will be connected to Sahupura Turn, Sector-65. Therefore, an interchange is being built here.

To speed up the construction work, the cut has now been closed at the Sahupura turn. The traffic from Sikri towards Mithapur on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway has been diverted to the service road near Sahupura village. Therefore, the drivers boarding the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway from Sahupura village and Sector-62-65 will now have to board from IMT.

While seven kilometres of this 31-km-long route will be built in Uttar Pradesh, the remaining 24 km will be built in Haryana. To construct the stretch, the land of the 12 villages of Faridabad has been acquired. Accordingly, the construction work has started at many places on the expressway.

The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has acquired thousands of acres of land in villages Sotai, Machhgar, Bahbalpur, Phaphunda, Panhera Khurd, Gadhkheda, Narhavali, Chhayansa, Hirapur, Nariyala, Mohana, Baghpur, Nangalia, Solda, Bholda to connect Faridabad to Noida Airport.

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Multiple Highway Interconnection

The Greenfield Expressway will start from the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway and will directly connect Noida International Airport via Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal Expressway.

There will also be connectivity to Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) from this airport. Moreover, the connectivity will also be provided to the Yamuna Expressway. The National Highway will also be connected to the Greenfield Expressway from Faridabad.

The contract for the construction work of the Greenfield Expressway has been given to Apco Infratech Company, which will complete it at a cost of Rs 1660.50 crore. The company has started work on the expressway at several locations.

It is claimed that by next year, the Greenfield Expressway will be ready. Green belts will also be developed on both sides of the expressway.

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