Cabinet nod for 23% hike in cost of link road from Noida airport to Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

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The Cabinet Committee connected Economic Affairs connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026) approved a ₹689 crore hike successful the superior outgo of gathering greenfield connectivity betwixt the NCR’s 2nd airport, the Noida International Airport, and the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.

The revised outgo of the roadworthy task is ₹3,630 crore, up from the earlier approved outgo of astir ₹2,942 crore, and the task volition beryllium developed on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) successful the States of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The Haryana authorities has agreed to carnivore ₹450 crore of the further cost.

Critical connectivity

This 31.42 km-long corridor volition supply nonstop and high-speed connectivity from the confederate parts of Delhi, Faridabad, and Gurugram successful Haryana to Noida International Airport. “The corridor intersects Eastern Peripheral Expressway, Yamuna Expressway, and Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), enabling multimodal transport convergence,” according to a connection from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. 

About 11 km of the roadworthy is to beryllium developed arsenic an elevated highway. This corridor traverses the country earmarked for high-density municipality improvement and aboriginal infrastructure enlargement nether the Faridabad Master Plan, 2031.

Four-lane roadworthy to Ujjain

The Cabinet Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, besides approved approved the improvement of an 80.45 km-long, four-lane corridor from the Badnawar-Petlawad-Thandla-Timarwani conception of NH-752D, astatine a full superior outgo of ₹3,839 crore. This roadworthy volition link Ujjain to the Timrawani interchange connected the Delhi Mumbai Expressway.

The Timarwani–Thandla–Petlawad–Badnawar–Ujjain corridor is the shortest way for postulation from Gujarat and Maharashtra to Ujjain. Upgradation of the Timarwani–Badnawar conception volition fortify inter-state connectivity, alteration the businesslike question of traffic, and besides instrumentality attraction of the surge successful postulation expected during the Simhastha Kumbh Mela successful April 2028, the Road Ministry said.

Published - March 10, 2026 10:13 p.m. IST

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