NH-24: 20km stretch to be widened
NOIDA: After a delay of almost five years, the Uttar Pradesh government has granted a green signal to the proposed widening of NH-24. In a meeting held last Thursday, the authorities sanctioned the widening of the 20-km stretch of NH-24 to improve connectivity between Delhi and parts of Ghaziabad and Noida. Work has now begun on widening the existing 4-lane stretch between Uttar Pradesh border and Dasna to eight lanes, including a service lane on either side. Although the first proposal in this regard was made in early 2006, it never took off. Since then, residents and regular commuters on the stretch kept making persistent demands for the revival of the project. The authorities finally granted an approval to begin work last week. The project cost, however, has escalated from about Rs 20 crore to over Rs 200 crore now. The Ghaziabad authority has asked the Noida Authority to bear about one-third of the total cost since the widening work will ease considerable traffic fl