Delhi's big road push

Delhi is planning 18 new flyovers, underpasses and elevated corridors as it tries to cut traffic at choke points including ITO and Old Delhi railway station. (indianexpress.com) Public Works Department minister Parvesh Sahib Singh told The Indian Express the department has launched feasibility studies on about 156 km of roads, intersections and junctions, with consultants also preparing detailed project reports and cost estimates. (indianexpress.com) The broader package covers nearly 150 km of road works, including about 46 km of flyovers and underpasses, according to the Times of India. The list of target stretches includes ITO, Ring Road, Deshbandhu Gupta Road between Paharganj and Ajmeri Gate, Shadipur Depot and the NSG intersection near Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 1. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) Delhi is pursuing the road push alongside a 2026-27 budget that set aside ₹1,392 crore to strengthen and redevelop about 750 km of Public Works Department roads, plus ₹575 crore for eight bottleneck-relief stretches to be built through the department and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. (hindustantimes.com) Officials are pitching the new structures as a way to move traffic through junctions where long signal waits keep thousands of vehicles idling each day. Singh said the department’s internal studies were done with Delhi Traffic Police and after taking suggestions from legislators before locations were finalized. (indianexpress.com) At 11 of the 18 identified stretches, officials have proposed either flyovers or elevated corridors. The Indian Express listed sites including the NSG intersection, Shadipur depot, Shivaji Marg, parts of Ring Road, Sagarpur to Mayapuri Chowk, Munak Canal and the Nanaksar Gurudwara T-point to the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. (indianexpress.com) Other projects are already moving through separate corridor studies. The New Indian Express reported tenders for decongestion work on about 34 km across Mehrauli-Mahipalpur Road near Aruna Asaf Ali Road, Kanti Nagar bridge, Bawana Road and the Kanjhawala Chowk to Mangolpuri stretch, with one feasibility study budgeted at ₹3.44 crore over four to five months. (newindianexpress.com) Delhi already has more than 100 flyovers and around 50 underpasses, according to the Public Works Department minister. The department says the next step is to finish the reports, secure approvals and then move the projects into construction. (indianexpress.com)