Overview
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Barapullah Phase‑3 corridor on Tuesday as part of a four‑project road package worth roughly Rs 1,941 crore, and the Delhi Traffic Police imposed temporary traffic curbs around Sarai Kale Khan, Maharani Bagh and Ashram Chowk for the ceremony.
- The new elevated stretch links Mayur Vihar Phase I to Sarai Kale Khan and merges with the existing Barapullah flyover to create about a 9 km continuous signal‑free route, with both access ramps to the corridor reported complete.
- Engineers built a long‑span extradosed bridge over the Yamuna floodplain with pillar spans of nearly 125 metres to limit work in the active river zone, and the project includes a dedicated cycle track and pedestrian infrastructure.
- The Phase‑3 project was approved in 2014, started in 2015, missed its original 2017 deadline and has seen costs rise to about Rs 1,635 crore, and the Delhi Anti‑Corruption Branch has an active inquiry into alleged irregularities linked to the delays and overruns.
- Officials estimate the corridor could cut travel time from East Delhi and Noida to the AIIMS area from roughly 35–40 minutes to about 15 minutes depending on traffic, a change that may ease pressure on NH‑24, the DND and parts of the Ring Road and alter local real‑estate demand.