Northern Peripheral Road

Construction on Dwarka Expressway or Northern Peripheral Road

Northern Peripheral Road or commonly known as Dwarka Expressway is being developed under the public private partnership (PPP) model. This stretch will connect Dwarka with National Highway 8 at Kherki Dhaula and will pass Pataudi Road. The NPR stretch has been planned as an alternate link road between Delhi and Gurgaon, and is expected to ease the traffic situation on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway. The road was to have provided connectivity to the much-touted Reliance-HSIIDC SEZ besides the Garhi Harsaru dry depot,^[1] but the Reliance SEZ has now been cancelled ^[2]^[3] in the latest Masterplan 2031 of Dwarka Expressway Projects ^[4] and the land allocated for residential, commercial & institutional projects.^[5]Dwarka Expressway.

Much like Delhi, Gurgaon too will have a BRT corridor to decongest traffic on the Northern Peripheral Road. In several sections, the NPR will have provisions for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)^[6] corridor to ensure smooth flow of buses. The road will be fully developed in March 2017, if pending litigations can be resolved.

Dwarka Expressway Progress

May 2015

The Punjab & Haryana High Court vacated the stay on construction of 2.5km road. This was reported ^[7]in newspapers.

Jan 2015

In the continuing dispute between HUDA and the residents of New Palam Vihar, the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed HUDA on 14th Jan 2015 to work out the eligibility of each petitioner. HUDA sought police protection to carry out the survey as required by the court.

Before 2015

There is dispute on Dwarka Expressway^[8] and the case is under jurisdiction of respectable courts. The litigation has led to delays in the state government being able to commence work on approx 4 km of the 18 km stretch. "The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) had awarded the joint contract to build 14 km to JSR Construction Pvt Ltd and Indiabulls Construction Limited on April 1, 2011, and had set a deadline of March 31, 2012. The remaining four km is under litigation," the Hindustan Times reported. ^[9] The next hearing was to be on 14th Jan 2015. ^[10]

Builders like Navin Raheja of Raheja Developers Limited, and also Chairman of National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) of India have blamed the govt for the delay saying, “The delay is a sign of negligence. The government is not ready to realise that thousands have invested their hard-earned money in the upcoming properties along the NPR and they do not know when this road will be completed,” ^[11] Mr Navin Raheja is also the President of National Real Estate Development Council.^[12] On the other hand residents have blamed powerful builders like Navin Raheja for change in alignment of the Dwarka Expressway, which instead of going over the empty farmlands then held by builders like him was made to go over the habitated New Palam Vihar Colony now requiring the demolition of hundreds of homes.^[13] Now house owners are demanding that the alignment of Northern Peripheral Road be changed so that their houses can be saved. With this demand residents of New Palam Vihar Resident Welfare Association and Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon Councillor met the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) Administrator. The house owners claim that changing the alignment would save their houses.^[14] The HUDA Administrator visited the spot, along with other senior HUDA and town and country planning officials. After checking the situation on ground, he also gave instructions to carry out a fresh survey of the site and explore the possibility of changing alignment near New Palam Vihar. The new alignment would be planned in such a way that very few houses are affected in the colony.

Transportation

Dwarka expressway aims at providing a transportation network that ensures accessibility by:

1. Using a multimodal mix of Transport systems (MRTS/LRTS/BRTS, etc.);

2. Using walk-to-work concept as part of urban planning;

3. Connect Gurgaon's rapid metro system with the expressway; and

4. Connect with the upcoming delhi metro line on Dwarka expressway, Delhi IGI airport, Manesar, Pataudi road, Farrukh nagar, old and new Gurgaon.

References

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