Now 24-hour trial run has started on the new airport tunnel built between Gurugram and Delhi. This will provide relief from heavy traffic jams especially in the morning and evening, and it will take about half an hour less to reach the airport or Dwarka.
People coming from Sonipat, Panipat, and Bahadurgarh will now be able to go directly to the airport without stopping. Also, it will be easy to reach NH-48 Delhi-Gurugram Highway.
Earlier, those going to the airport from Dwarka had to take a U-turn from the Mahipalpur cut, where there was a jam all the time. Now this problem will end to a great extent.
Till now, the trial of this tunnel was being done from 8 am to 8 pm, but there is a 24-hour movement of vehicles from Gurugram to Delhi Airport. Due to which there is a jam. This is expected to provide relief from the jam in Gurugram.
Along with this, the people of North Haryana will also not have to get stuck in the jam through Urban Extension Road-2. UER-2 connects Sonipat and Singhu border as well as the Bahadurgarh and Delhi Katra Expressway. Vehicles coming from Haryana and Punjab will now be able to come directly to the airport and Gurugram without getting stuck in Delhi’s jam.
The tunnel will open permanently after June 30
After the trial till June 30, there is a plan to open the 3.5 km long Yashobhoomi-IGI Airport Tunnel and 2.2 km long Airport-Gurugram Tunnel permanently from July 1. According to NHAI officials, Prime Minister Narendra Modi can formally inaugurate it.
World-class infrastructure
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has equipped this tunnel with state-of-the-art technology and safety facilities. Which includes electro-mechanical system, ventilation, fire fighting system, CCTV surveillance, control room, emergency evacuation route. LED lights have been installed here. Its specialty is that it will not get waterlogged even during heavy rains.