Question : CONSTRUCTION OF THIRD RING ROAD AROUND DELHI

(a) whether the Government have received representations for construction of third ring road around Delhi;

(b) if so, the details in this regard; and

(c) the reaction of the Government thereto?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT & POVERTY ALLEVIATION ( SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA )

(a)to(c): The functional plan on transport prepared and approved by NCR Planning Board in 1995 envisages an organized transport network to improve accessibility and the movement of goods and passengers within the region. It has suggested construction of seven expressways in NCR. Out of these expressways, following three expressways are linking major national highways for bypassable traffic coming from North, South, East and West and provide a third ring around Delhi:-


(i) Peripheral Expressways on the Western side of Delhi connecting NH-1, NH-10, NH-8 & NH-2. It starts from Kundli on NH-I in the North at the point from where the Kundli-Ghaziabad Expressway starts, and cuts across NH-10 near Tikri Kalan on Delhi-Haryana Border and crosses NH-8 near Rajokri on Delhi-Haryana Border near Gurgaon and finally meets the NH-2 near village Shahpur Khurd in Faridabad-Ballabhgarh controlled area at Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad Expressway juction (total length 85 kms. approx.)

(ii) Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad (FNG) Expressway connects NH-2 from Faridabad and NH-24 at Ghaziabad. It starts from 42.1 kms. milestone on NH-2 near Ballabhgarh, crosses the Dadri Road near Hindon River Bridge (Noida) and crosses NH-24 near Railway embankment at Ghaziabad (total length 56 kms. approx.)

(iii) Kundli-Ghaziabad Expressway connects NH-2 at Kundli and NH-24 at Ghaziabad. It starts at Kundli on NH-1 in the North near the proposed peripheral Expressway junction and skirting Khekra, Rataul and Tronica City before joining Ghaziabad on NH-24 at the junction of FNG (total length 49 kms approx.)
These corridors will form a third Ring Road linking NH-1 to NH-2 via NH-24 & NH-58 on the Eastern side of Delhi and NH-10 & NH-8 on the Western side of Delhi. These proposals are at preliminary stages and no firm decisions have been taken so far.