New Delhi: State-owned National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Thursday said it is constructing a 12-km, four-lane greenfield, access-controlled bypass connecting the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor with an aim to enhance regional connectivity and reduce city traffic congestion.

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NHAI, in a statement, said the project involves the development of a greenfield alignment from Jhajhra connecting the new Paonta Saheb-Ballupur section of NH-7 and ending at the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor near Asharori Check Post in Dehradun District of Uttarakhand.

The project is being implemented at a capital cost of around Rs 716 crore, and physical progress of around 44 per cent has already been achieved, it added.

The project is expected to be completed by April 2027.

Strategically designed as a fully access-controlled National Highway, the bypass will function as an alternate south-western route, diverting non-destined traffic to bypass the urban core of Dehradun city towards Selaqui industrial area, Vikasnagar, Herbertpur in Uttarakhand and Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh.

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The project will significantly help to reduce traffic congestion and vehicular pollution in Dehradun. It will also improve inter-state connectivity to Northern regions, including Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh through the Delhi Dehradun Economic Corridor.

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