Times of India – Arpit Basu | Jun 2, 2024, 04:46 IST
Jaipur: Travel time between Delhi and Jaipur is expected to reduce by at least 45 minutes to an hour by the end of this year, as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is busy constructing a link road to Delhi– Mumbai expressway in Bandikui from Bagrana village just outside city limits. Officials said the Link Road project is as per schedule and is expected to be complete by Dec.
“It’s a green-field project and all land acquisitions have been completed. We are not expecting any new hindrances that may extend the deadline. We will complete it by Dec 2024. It will be up to the ministry to decide on the date when it would be thrown open for vehicles,” Dinesh Kumar Choudhary, the project director of NHAI, told TOI.
Once the link road is complete, people will not have to travel till Dausa through Agra Road to reach the expressway. Motorists can take this link road to the expressway through its Bandikui exit and entry ramp. Even vehicles coming from Ajmer side can take the Southern Ring Road from Mahapura crossing at Ajmer Road and reach the Bagrana end of the ring road, from where a ramp would directly connect to the new link road
“Once this link road is open, vehicles won’t have to travel for almost 90 minutes to reach the expressway in Dausa and then another 20-30 minutes to reach the Bandikui ramps of the expressway. From Bagrana, vehicles can directly reach the Bandikui ramps in around an hour,” said an NHAI official. Spanning across 27 villages in Dausa district and 29 more in Jaipur (Rural) district, the link road will cover a distance of 67 km. The road will have five interchanges with entry and exit ramps in Bhedoli, Khurikurd, Sundarpura, Geela ki Nangal, and Bagrana villages en route.