Urban Extension Road-II

Urban Extension Road-II (UER II) or NH-344M is an upcoming 75.7 km long, 6 lanes (main expressway) & 4 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).

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

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. "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. Delhi Urban Extension Road 2 – Information & Status, The Metro Guy, accessed 7 dec 2022.
  4. 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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