The Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya, while answering a question in Rajya Sabha today, informed that the civil work for Delhi-Meerut Expressway and Six Laning of Dasna to Hapur Bypass section of NH-24 has been divided into four packages. The work for three packages have already been awarded for a total cost of Rs. 3889 Crores. The scheduled date of completion for Package-I, Package-II and Package-III is May 2019, May 2020 and June 2019 respectively. The bids for fourth package connecting Dasna to Meerut (Greenfield Alignment) have been received and scheduled date of completion for this Package is 540 days from the appointed date. The Minister informed that Total 15 (fifteen) Nos. of flyovers/elevated corridors have been proposed to be constructed in the project with an overall length of these structures as 8.3 km and the project would be completed in scheduled time limit.

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