Northern Peripheral Road

Construction on Dwarka Expressway or Northern Peripheral Road

Northern Peripheral Road or commonly known as Dwarka Expressway is being developed under the public private partnership (PPP) model. This stretch will connect Dwarka with National Highway 8 at Kherki Dhaula and will pass Pataudi Road. The NPR stretch has been planned as an alternate link road between Delhi and Gurgaon, and is expected to ease the traffic situation on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway. The road was to have provided connectivity to the much-touted Reliance-HSIIDC SEZ besides the Garhi Harsaru dry depot, but the Reliance SEZ has now been cancelled in the latest Masterplan 2031 of Dwarka Expressway Projects and the land allocated for residential, commercial & institutional projects.

Dwarka Expressway Progress

The road will be fully developed by June 2017, [1] if pending litigations can be resolved.[2] A 14 km stretch, out of the total length of 18 km) of the Dwarka Expressway may become functional by August 22, 2016. [3]

There is dispute on Dwarka Expressway and the case is under jurisdiction of respectable courts. The litigation has led to delays in the state government being able to commence work on approx 4 km of the 18 km stretch. "The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) had awarded the joint contract to build 14 km to JSR Construction Pvt Ltd and Indiabulls Construction Limited on April 1, 2011, and had set a deadline of March 31, 2012. The remaining four km is under litigation," the Hindustan Times reported.[4]

Builders like Navin Raheja of Raheja Developers Limited, and also Chairman of National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) of India have blamed the govt for the delay saying, “The delay is a sign of negligence. The government is not ready to realise that thousands have invested their hard-earned money in the upcoming properties along the NPR and they do not know when this road will be completed,” [5] Mr Navin Raheja is also the President of National Real Estate Development Council.[6] On the other hand residents have blamed powerful builders like Navin Raheja for change in alignment of the Dwarka Expressway, which instead of going over the empty farmlands then held by builders like him was made to go over the habitated New Palam Vihar Colony now requiring the demolition of hundreds of homes. Now house owners are demanding that the alignment of Northern Peripheral Road be changed so that their houses can be saved. With this demand residents of New Palam Vihar Resident Welfare Association and Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon Councillor met the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) Administrator. The house owners claim that changing the alignment would save their houses.[7] The HUDA Administrator visited the spot, along with other senior HUDA and town and country planning officials. After checking the situation on ground, he also gave instructions to carry out a fresh survey of the site and explore the possibility of changing alignment near New Palam Vihar. The new alignment would be planned in such a way that very few houses are affected in the colony.

Recently, Dwarka Expressway has got National Highway Status. The Announcement was made during "Happening Haryana Summit" in Early March 2016. Since, now the road is renamed as NH 8A and will be directly monitored by National highway Authority of India, works will be completed in line with the promise made by CM Khattar, that the entire road along with related infrastructure would be completed by June 2017. The land acquisition on Delhi Side will be taken care of directly by the centre. It is expected that property prices will start to rise again very soon. This delay has resulted into formation of Dwarka Expressway Welfare Assocoation by the end users / investors . They are feeling burdened with dual liabilities of EMI & rent and are unable to shift their families due to incomplete roads and infrastructure in the area. They have also planned to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar on 24th April'16 to express their helplessness in the scheme of affairs and numerous dead lines given by the CM Haryana.[8] They have conveyed that they want a dead line from none other than the Hon'ble Minister of Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari himself as he announced the upgradation of the said road to a National Highway , however nothing much has moved since then.

Transportation

Dwarka expressway aims at providing a transportation network that ensures accessibility by:

1. Using a multimodal mix of Transport systems (MRTS/LRTS/BRTS, etc.);
2. Using walk-to-work concept as part of urban planning;
3. Connect Gurgaon's rapid metro system with the expressway; and
4. Connect with the upcoming delhi metro line on Dwarka expressway, Delhi IGI airport, Manesar, Pataudi road, Farrukh nagar, old and new Gurgaon.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sahay, Prakhar. "The Complete Story Behind the Incomplete Dwarka Expressway: Yr. 2007 – 2016". Fantoosy.com. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Behl, Abhishek. "Khattar orders completion of Dwarka e-way by June 2017". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Behl, Abhishek. "Part of Dwarka e-way to open on Aug 22". HindustanTimes Media Syndication. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. ↑ http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Haryana/NPR-misses-deadline-work-to-finish-by-October-now/Article1-835134.aspx
  5. ↑ http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Haryana/NPR-misses-deadline-work-to-finish-by-October-now/Article1-835134.aspx
  6. ↑ http://naredco.in/
  7. ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-20/gurgaon/31787614_1_huda-administrator-house-owners-northern-peripheral-road
  8. ↑ Sahay, Prakhar. "70,000 Home Buyers of Dwarka Expressway are UNHAPPY from Nitin Gadkari, Manohar Lal Khattar and Arvind Kejriwal". Fantoosy.com. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
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