Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurates Manesar-Palwal section of Western Peripheral Expressway

The Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the Manesar-Palwal section of the Kundli- Manesar-Palwal Expressway in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Shri Manohar Lal Khattar and Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Krishna Pal Gurjar in Palwal on 5th April 2016. 

•    That the project had earlier been languishing for several years. 
•    The Centre and the Haryana Government resolved the issues plaguing it and the 52.33 Km long section of the expressway has been completed in a record time of eleven months. 
•    Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways are targeted for completion within 400 days from the start of the project. 
•    Once the two peripheral expressways are ready, the traffic congestion in Delhi will come down by 50 percent, pollution levels will be reduced and the farmers, traders and the people of the region as a whole will benefit due to better connectivity. 
•    The Manesar-Palwal section of the Expressway has been built at a cost of Rs 457.81Crores. 
•    It is an access controlled, six-lane, divided road with 1.5 metre wide paved shoulder on each side. 
•    It intersects with Delhi-Jaipur NH8 near Manesar, Palwal-Sohna-Rewari NH 919, Sohna-Nuh-Alwar Road NH 248A and finally joins NH2 near Palwal. 
•    The road will provide uninterrupted high speed link for traffic, especially commercial traffic from Haryana to neighbouring states. It will also decongest road traffic through Delhi by allowing bypass of traffic not destined for Delhi.