Delhi: Nitin Gadkari inaugurates flyover at Dhaula Kuan junction

NEW DELHI: Union minister for road transport and highways on Saturday inaugurated a flyover at the national capital's

Dhaula Kuan

junction.


The flyover has been built in a record time of 136 days and will reduce the waiting time at Dhaula Kuan traffic signal.

Gadkari inaugurated the four-lane flyover at Dhaula Kuan junction near Dhaula Kuan metro station on NH-8 on Saturday.

The flyover is believed to reduce the waiting time at the traffic light by 30 minutes at peak hours.

The National Highway-8 (New NH-48) is the prime link providing connectivity to the IGI Airport from Delhi and the National Capital Region.

The project had huge challenges in terms of traffic management of about 3 lakh PCUs (passenger car units) per day, the presence of a large number of civil and defence utilities, shifting of defence

infrastructure

and getting security clearances.

(With inputs from PTI and ANI)