Process for starting work on Yamunanagar-Bawana E-way begins

Harayana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said the process for starting work on Yamunanagar-Bawana (Delhi) Expressway has begun.
The chief minister has accorded approval for preparation of the detailed project report. The 200-km-long Expressway, which would run along the Western Yamuna Canal (WYC) and go via Indri-Karnal-Munak-Sonepat would cost about Rs 1,000 crore, a spokesperson of the Public Works (Building and Roads) Department, Haryana, said here today.
He said that the construction work would be undertaken under the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) scheme.
Out of the total length of the expressway, 160 km falls in the NCR area and 40-km stretch in Yamunanagar.

"While a sum of Rs 850 crore would be spent by the NCRPB on the 160-km-stretch, the 40-km stretch in Yamnunangar will cost Rs 150 crore which will be borne by the state government," he said.
The minimum land width available along the WYC is approximately 20 metres. The first phase will connect NH-1 (Uchana Lake), Karnal-Kachwa-Pehowa Road, Karnal Kaithal Road, Karnal Assandh-Hansi Road, Karnal-Munak Road, again NH-1 near Madhuban.

It will cross Delhi-Ambala railway line for which Railway Over Bridge shall be required, the spokesperson said.
The project will help decongest traffic on NH-1 at Sonepat, Panipat, Karnal, and Yamunanagar as it would pass through these places.

The Expressway would have four railway overbridges (ROBs), 10 flyovers and a ten-metre service road. Besides facilitating smooth and fast journey, it would serve the interests of both the local population and the visitors, he added.