The flagship project is the 54.21km stretch of UER-II, running from Alipur through Bawana, Rohini, Mundka, Bakkarwala, Najafgarh and Dwarka to Dichaon Kalan at a cost of ?5,580 crore.

The six-lane highway, conceived as Delhi’s third ring road under the Delhi Master Plan Road 2021, includes new links to Bahadurgarh and Sonipat.

The corridor is expected to ease traffic on Delhi’s Inner and Outer Ring Roads and busy points, including Mukarba Chowk, Dhaula Kuan and NH-9.

The new spurs will improve industrial connectivity, cut city traffic and speed up goods movement in the NCR.

It will cut travel time from Indira Gandhi International Airport to various locations in southwest and northwest Delhi by 40 to 60 per cent, according to government estimates.

Officials say the route will provide faster connectivity for commuters travelling from Chandigarh to Gurugram and Delhi’s IGI Airport.

Sections around Najafgarh, Mundka and Alipur have already opened in phases, benefiting previously undeveloped areas, including Karala, Alipur and Bawana.

The route provides quicker access to south Delhi, Noida and Faridabad while improving connectivity to areas such as Dwarka, Mahipalpur and Vasant Kunj.

The complete UER-II spans 76 km — 54.21 km in Delhi and 21.5 km in Haryana — with a total construction cost of ?8,000 crore.

Declared a national highway, the project is being implemented by the National Highways Authority of India in five packages, with the Delhi Development Authority funding the capital’s section.

The second project is a 10.1 km section of the Dwarka Expressway, built at ?5,360 crore.