Centre takes up Rs 34,000 cr road projects to decongest Delhi

The Centre has taken up highway projects worth Rs 34,100 crore to decongest the national capital and sought Delhi government's support in expediting the work. Chairing a high-level meeting on 'Projects on Decongestion of Delhi, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said a comprehensive exercise for decongesting arterial road network of national highways connecting NCT Delhi was on. He further said that projects were being expedited and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has taken up comprehensive development and decongestion of NH-1, NH-8 and NH-24. The NH-1, NH-2, NH-8, NH-10 and NH-24 converge in Delhi.