Eastern Peripheral Expressway project
In News : today PM Modi inaugurated India’s first smart and green expressway called as Eastern peripheral expressway .
Facts :- as we see in the map ,135km -long six lane, access-controlled expressway connecting kundli to palwal , it is a bypass or outer ring road around Delhi. But India first outer ring completed was around 158 km long road in Hyderabad. So national expressway is the 2nd such Greenfield road project.
Route :-- eastern peripheral expressway is from kundli to palwal passing through east of Delhi and cities of Ghaziabad and Noida. It connect NH-44( earlier called NH -1 at kundli Haryana) and NH-19 ( earlier called NH-2)
Merits;--
1) To decongest the Delhi traffic situation which arise due to entry of 2 lakhs vehicles from surrounding region or 20000 trucks daily into Delhi.
2) It speed up traffic movement in NCR region, save the wastage of time of daily commuters which is around 23 km/hrs now.
3) It helps to keep Delhi NCR region pollution free more.
4) Green expressway means planting of lakhs of trees, useage of watershed management and rainwater harvesting , 8 solar plants, solar lighting across the expressway,
5) Supply chain infrastructure get strengthen towards hilly states
6) Economic corridor it becomes due to intense economic activity such as setting up industrial plants and urban projects.
7) New cities will further emerged along with supporting other satellite towns of Delhi.
8) Smart expressway means use of electronic system for toll payment ,etc
9) Security provided by Uttar Pradesh and Haryana police.
10) It provides seamless connectivity beyond Delhi since it is one of the important node of golden quadrilateral and North-south corridor road
Demerit :-- land acquisition for the expressway was the major hurdle along with environmental clearance. Farmers along the expressway stalled the construction of road , experience protest too. It was acquired by paying compensation more than the market rates.
Timeline :- the project was first time proposed in 2011 as a part of national expressway-2, the project was approved by cabinet in 2015 and construction started in 2016. The project completed before the due time i.e., took only 500 days rather than 910 days as proposed time
finance:funding of the project
Cost of the project is around 11,000 crore of which Rs 7,558 crore project is being used constructed under the engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) model with five firms – Sadbhav Engineering, Jaiprakash Associates, Ashoka Buildcon, Gayatri Projects, and Oriental Structural Engineers – being awarded various sections of the corridor. TheThe expressway was originally planned to be built under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, but it did not receive any bids. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) then had to go for the EPC model, where 167 requests for quotation were received.
Features – why this expressway is green and smart.?
1) This will be the second major access-controlled ring road in India after Hyderabad’s 158km-long Outer Ring Road.India's first smart and green highway, the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), . The Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation the 135-km six-lane access-controlled expressway, built at a cost of nearly Rs 11,000 crore to decongest the national capital along with the first phase of Delhi-Meerut Expressway.
2) The EPE is equipped with smart and intelligent highway traffic management system (HTMS) and video incident detection system (VIDS) besides a closed tolling system in which the collections will be made only on the distance travelled and not on the entire length and would be lit with solar lights.
3) "This will be a fully access controlled six-lane expressway and entry and exit will be through designated interchanges only. There will be closed tolling system and the toll will be collected only on the distance travelled and not on the entire length. Toll plazas will be equipped with Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system for faster toll collection and uninterrupted travel experience," he said. The minister claimed that the project is going to be completed in a record time of about 500 days against a target of 910 days.
4) it is designed to check pollution and will help in decongesting Delhi and its adjoining area as no commercial vehicle (which is not destined for Delhi) can enter Delhi. "This is the first expressway in the country with solar power for lighting on the entire expressway. There are 8 solar power plants on this expressway having a capacity of 4000-kilo watt (4 MW). For plantation, drip irrigation has been used in the central median as well as for avenue plantation,"
5) Apart from Highway Traffic Management System (HTMS) that includes Variable Message Signs (VMS) CCTV, Video Incident Detection System (VIDS), Warning Devices, Over Speed Checking System, Weigh-in-Motion, Pavement Management Systems and Fiber Optic Network, it will have real time incident management.
In News : today PM Modi inaugurated India’s first smart and green expressway called as Eastern peripheral expressway .
Facts :- as we see in the map ,135km -long six lane, access-controlled expressway connecting kundli to palwal , it is a bypass or outer ring road around Delhi. But India first outer ring completed was around 158 km long road in Hyderabad. So national expressway is the 2nd such Greenfield road project.
Route :-- eastern peripheral expressway is from kundli to palwal passing through east of Delhi and cities of Ghaziabad and Noida. It connect NH-44( earlier called NH -1 at kundli Haryana) and NH-19 ( earlier called NH-2)
Merits;--
1) To decongest the Delhi traffic situation which arise due to entry of 2 lakhs vehicles from surrounding region or 20000 trucks daily into Delhi.
2) It speed up traffic movement in NCR region, save the wastage of time of daily commuters which is around 23 km/hrs now.
3) It helps to keep Delhi NCR region pollution free more.
4) Green expressway means planting of lakhs of trees, useage of watershed management and rainwater harvesting , 8 solar plants, solar lighting across the expressway,
5) Supply chain infrastructure get strengthen towards hilly states
6) Economic corridor it becomes due to intense economic activity such as setting up industrial plants and urban projects.
7) New cities will further emerged along with supporting other satellite towns of Delhi.
8) Smart expressway means use of electronic system for toll payment ,etc
9) Security provided by Uttar Pradesh and Haryana police.
10) It provides seamless connectivity beyond Delhi since it is one of the important node of golden quadrilateral and North-south corridor road
Demerit :-- land acquisition for the expressway was the major hurdle along with environmental clearance. Farmers along the expressway stalled the construction of road , experience protest too. It was acquired by paying compensation more than the market rates.
Timeline :- the project was first time proposed in 2011 as a part of national expressway-2, the project was approved by cabinet in 2015 and construction started in 2016. The project completed before the due time i.e., took only 500 days rather than 910 days as proposed time
finance:funding of the project
Cost of the project is around 11,000 crore of which Rs 7,558 crore project is being used constructed under the engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) model with five firms – Sadbhav Engineering, Jaiprakash Associates, Ashoka Buildcon, Gayatri Projects, and Oriental Structural Engineers – being awarded various sections of the corridor. TheThe expressway was originally planned to be built under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, but it did not receive any bids. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) then had to go for the EPC model, where 167 requests for quotation were received.
Features – why this expressway is green and smart.?
1) This will be the second major access-controlled ring road in India after Hyderabad’s 158km-long Outer Ring Road.India's first smart and green highway, the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), . The Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation the 135-km six-lane access-controlled expressway, built at a cost of nearly Rs 11,000 crore to decongest the national capital along with the first phase of Delhi-Meerut Expressway.
2) The EPE is equipped with smart and intelligent highway traffic management system (HTMS) and video incident detection system (VIDS) besides a closed tolling system in which the collections will be made only on the distance travelled and not on the entire length and would be lit with solar lights.
3) "This will be a fully access controlled six-lane expressway and entry and exit will be through designated interchanges only. There will be closed tolling system and the toll will be collected only on the distance travelled and not on the entire length. Toll plazas will be equipped with Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system for faster toll collection and uninterrupted travel experience," he said. The minister claimed that the project is going to be completed in a record time of about 500 days against a target of 910 days.
4) it is designed to check pollution and will help in decongesting Delhi and its adjoining area as no commercial vehicle (which is not destined for Delhi) can enter Delhi. "This is the first expressway in the country with solar power for lighting on the entire expressway. There are 8 solar power plants on this expressway having a capacity of 4000-kilo watt (4 MW). For plantation, drip irrigation has been used in the central median as well as for avenue plantation,"
5) Apart from Highway Traffic Management System (HTMS) that includes Variable Message Signs (VMS) CCTV, Video Incident Detection System (VIDS), Warning Devices, Over Speed Checking System, Weigh-in-Motion, Pavement Management Systems and Fiber Optic Network, it will have real time incident management.
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