Urban Extension Road-II
Route information
Length75.7 km (47.0 mi)
Major junctions
North endAlipur
South endMahipalpur
Location
CountryIndia
StatesDelhi and Haryana
Major citiesDelhi, Bahadurgarh, Sonipat
Highway system

Urban Extension Road-II (UER II) or NH-344M is an upcoming 75.7 km long, 6 lanes (main expressway) & 6 lanes (service roads) wide access-controlled expressway in Delhi NCR, India.[1] It would start from National Highway 44 at Alipur then passes from Rohini, Mundka, Najafgarh, Dwarka and end at Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway on National Highway 48 near Mahipalpur.[2] Its main route forms a semicircle on the western side of Delhi, additionally it has two side spurs - one from Bawana in Northwest Delhi to Sonipat in Bawana's North and second in west Delhi from between Tikri border & Najafgarh to NH9 Bahadurgarh south bypass. [3] Delhi NCT has 4 concentric ring roads around it - namely Inner Ring Road; Outer Ring Road; third ring outside it formed by the combination of UER-II & Chilla-Okhla Expressway,[4] and fourth ring formed by the combination of part of Dwarka Expressway (from Tikampur) & Gurugaon-Ghata Expressway, Gurgaon-Sohna Elevated Corridor Expressway, Sohna-Faridabad section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, Faridabad–Noida–Ghaziabad Expressway (FNG), Ghaziabad-Narela Expressway (planned) and Rai-Narela-Bahadurgarh-Gurgaon Expressway (meet Dwarka Expressway at Tikampur in Gurugaon). Outside these ring roads, NCR region will have 3 Regional Circular Expressways (first of which is the existing combination of WPE and EPE)[5][6] and 3 Zonal Circular Expressways (ZCE).

The project also features two 4 lane spurs

  • NH-344P to Bahadurgarh Bypass
  • NH-344P to Barwasni Bypass

History

In the year 2000, DDA's NCR Transport Plan 2021 conceived the UER-II project, which did not materialize due to financial viability and land procurement problems. In 2018, NHAI took over the implementation of UER-II phase-1 on payment of INR4000 crore financial viability gap funding by DDA, while DDA itself simultaneously undertook the construction of phase-2.[3]

Route

The access-controlled UER-II expressway project phase 1 & 2 have a main 74.98 km long 6-lane semi-circular route on western side of Delhi NCT, with two additional spurs - the 29.6 km long 4-lane Bawana-Sonipat spur in northwest and second 7.3 km long 6-lane Najafgarh-Bahadurgarh spur in west. UER-II is an at grade expressway with elevated flyovers at intersections.[3]

  • Main route:
      • Main route: UER-II begins in north from NH44 between Bankoli & Alipur, and then via Bawana Industrial Area, Rohini, Mundka, Bakkarwala, Najafgarh and meets Dwarka Expressway near ICC & IGI Airport tunnel, end at NH48 Shiv Murti on eastern end of IGI.
      • Spurs: both are part of phase-1.
        • Bawana-Sonipat spur: from Bawana in northwest Delhi to its north to Barwasani at 352A in Sonipat in Haryana.[3]
    • Phase-2 - covers southwest quadrant:
      • Rangpuri Bypass Expressway: 6-lane expressway from Shiv Murti to Nelson Mandela Marg in Vasant Kunj with interchanges at Andheria Mor and NH148A Anuvrat Marg-Mehraul intersection, then Mehrauli to Badarpur at NH19.
      • Rangpuri-Mahrauli-Badarpur Expressway: 6-lane expressway from Rangpuri Bypass, via Saket-Mehrauli-Tughlakabad, to Badarpur interchange, with elevated corridor over the Vasant Vihar T-section, Khanpur, Hamdard Nagar and Maa Anandmayi Marg intersections.
      • Kalindi Bypass: connects at Badarpur interchange.
    • Phase-3 - covers eastern semicircle:
      • Chilla-Okhla Sanctuary Expressway (i.e. Chilla-Shahadra Drain Elevated Road): from Noida end of DND Flyway at Chilla, then over and along the Shahdara Drain to Okhla Bird Sanctuary (beginning of Noida-Greater Noida Expressway and Noida-Greater Noida Bundh Expressway).[4]
      • Alipur-Burari-Agraula-Expressway: from NH44 Alipur at Splash Water Park, via Hiranki & then along Bund Road, then Burari bridge over Yamuna river to Agraula where it will connect to Delhi–Saharanpur–Dehradun Expressway, Tronica City and NH709B.
      • Spurs:
        • Burari-Loni-Ghaziabad-Okhla - North Delhi-Ghaziabad inner loop: will pass through Khanpur Japti, Loni, south of Hindon Airport, Chaudhary Charan Singh Marg (Bhopura, Saheed Nagar, Kaushambhi & Ghazipur), and via Ghazipur Road to DND Flyway.

Construction

Phase 1

The NHAI has divided the construction work of UER II project into 5 packages and its construction cost is around 7,716 crores.[1]

Sr No Package Length in km Value in crores State
1. NH1 to Karala-kanjhawala Road 15 1,552 Delhi
2. Karala-kanjhawala Road to Nangloi Najafgarh Road 13.450 1,121 Delhi
3. Nangloi Najafgarh Road to Dwarka Sector 24 Road 9.661 685.31 Delhi
4. Starting From Bawana Industrial Area, Delhi to Village Barwasani, Sonipat In Haryana 29.6 694 Delhi and Haryana
5. UER-II near Bakkarwala to Bahadurgarh bypass of NH-10 near Bahadurgarh in Haryana 7.269 324 Delhi and Haryana

Status updates

  • Aug 2021: UER II get August 2023 deadline.[7]
  • Aug 2021: Delhi Govt gives permission to transplant 6600 trees.[8]
  • Nov 2021: H G Infra Engineering receives appointed date for Package 1 from NHAI[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Delhi: Work on second phase of UER-II to start by September-end". Times of India. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. "Delhi Urban Extension Road 2 – Information & Status". The Metro Rail Guy. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Delhi Urban Extension Road 2 – Information & Status, The Metro Guy, accessed 7 dec 2022.
  4. 1 2 Factories to flyovers, what 2021 has in store for Noida and greater Noida., Times of India, 31 December 2021
  5. शामली से होकर गुजरेगा सर्कुलर एक्सप्रेस-वे, Amar Ujala, 22 sept 2021.
  6. Draft NCR Regional plan 2041, NCR planning board accessed, 6 dec 2022.
  7. "Finish Delhi's 3rd ring road by 2023, make delayed projects list: PM Modi". Times of India. 26 August 2021.
  8. "Permission to cut, transplant 6,000 trees for third Ring Road in Delhi". Hindustan Times. 20 August 2021.
  9. "H G Infra Engineering receives appointed date from NHAI for Delhi project". IIFL Securities. 2 November 2021.


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