{"id":188395,"date":"2026-07-01T06:50:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=188395"},"modified":"2026-07-01T06:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:20:51","slug":"cabinet-clears-rs-14115-crore-highway-projects-in-delhi-up-approves-rs-6970-crore-6-lane-dwarka-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=188395","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet clears Rs 14,115 crore highway projects in Delhi, UP; approves Rs 6,970 crore 6-lane Dwarka tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132112921,imgsize-134187,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/132112921.jpg\" alt=\"Cabinet clears Rs 14,115 crore highway projects in Delhi, UP; approves Rs 6,970 crore 6-lane Dwarka tunnel\" title=\"Representative AI image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved two major highway infrastructure projects worth a combined Rs 14,114.81 crore, including a Rs 6,969.67 crore tunnel project in Delhi aimed at easing congestion and a Rs 7,145.14 crore greenfield highway corridor in Uttar Pradesh.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Announcing the decisions, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared the projects to improve connectivity, reduce travel time and boost economic activity under the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>The Cabinet approved the construction of an 8.1-km, six-lane road tunnel on NH-148AE connecting the Dwarka Expressway with Nelson Mandela Marg in Vasant Kunj, Delhi, at an estimated cost of Rs 6,969.67 crore.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The project, to be implemented under the Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) of the National Highway (Original) programme, includes a 3.14-km twin-tube tunnel beneath the Southern Ridge. The tunnel will be constructed using a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) to minimise surface disruption.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>The project is expected to significantly improve connectivity between West and South Delhi and ease traffic movement from Gurugram, Dwarka and Indira Gandhi International Airport towards South Delhi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Vaishnaw said the project is expected to be completed in around five years. It is also projected to generate about 7.54 lakh person-days of direct employment and 9.80 lakh person-days of indirect employment.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The Cabinet also approved the construction of the 117.7-km, four\/six-lane access-controlled Kanpur-Kabrai Greenfield Highway in Uttar Pradesh at a total capital cost of Rs 7,145.14 crore.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>The project, which forms part of the Bhopal-Kanpur Economic Corridor under the NH(O) programme, will be implemented by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll model.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Designed for speeds of 80-100 kmph, the corridor is expected to reduce travel time between Kanpur and Kabrai from around three-and-a-half hours to just one-and-a-half hours.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Addressing the media, Vaishnaw said the highway project is likely to be completed within two-and-a-half years. The corridor is expected to generate nearly 1.2 crore person-days of direct and indirect employment and handle an annual average daily traffic of about 18,069 passenger car units (PCUs) by FY2028.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>While the Kanpur-Kabrai project will be developed under the BOT (Toll) model, allowing private developers to recover investments through toll collections, the Delhi tunnel project will follow the HAM model, under which the government bears 40 per cent of the project cost during construction and pays the remaining amount as annuities during the operational phase.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/cabinet-clears-rs-14115-crore-highway-projects-in-delhi-up-approves-rs-6970-crore-6-lane-dwarka-tunnel\/articleshow\/132111617.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved two major highway infrastructure projects worth a combined Rs 14,114.81 crore, including a Rs 6,969.67 crore tunnel project in Delhi aimed at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1782908455_photo.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":184934,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=184934","url_meta":{"origin":188395,"position":0},"title":"Rishabh Pant joins Delhi Capitals for Rs 15 crore; Kuldeep to LSG for Rs 13.5 crore","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"In what is the first trade ahead of the IPL 2027 season, Lucknow Super Giants has sent captain Rishabh Pant back to his former franchise, Delhi Capitals, in exchange for left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav. 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