Study soon to extend Hindon elevated road to Noida

GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has appointed a firm to prepare a feasibility study and alignment report for the proposed extension of 10.3km Hindon elevated road to Noida. The report will be prepared at a cost of Rs 90 lakh and the firm is expected to submit the same within two months, officials said.
“We had invited bids for preparing a feasibility and alignment report for the proposed extension of the Hindon elevated road.Kastha has been selected for the job and it will submit its report in two months’ time,” Santosh Rai, secretary, GDA, told TOI on Tuesday. “The firm is expected to draw a possible route along the Hindon canal right up to Noida’s Mahamaya flyover and also assess its feasibility. The study will cost GDA Rs 90 lakh,” he added.
The proposal to connect Hindon elevated road with DND flyover came up for discussion in December last year as it was felt that if it would provide seamless flow of traffic from Delhi to the heart of Ghaziabad via Noida. The GDA had initially approached the NCR Planning Board to prepare a detailed project report (DPR), but the board sought feasibility and alignment report from GDA before taking up the DPR.
“It was then we thought of hiring an external agency to prepare the feasibility and alignment report and for which we had invited firms. And out of three, one was selected,” said Rai. “After we get the report, it will be discussed in GDA board for its approval and for financing the project, we will have to bring Noida and Delhi on board because it is going to be beneficial for all three cities,” he added.
The canal road stretch is about 6.5km from UP gate to DND flyover and if the extension plan fructifies, the length of the elevated road will increase to about 16km. And with unhindered traffic flow, commuters from Delhi will reach Raj Nagar Extension bypassing internal traffic in Noida and Ghaziabad in just 20 minutes.
The elevated road, NCR’s longest flyover, that connects Raj Nagar Extension in Ghaziabad with NH-24 at Delhi border, was opened to traffic in March this year.