DND–KMP Expressway

DND–KMP Expressway
(NH–148NA) KMP, Khalilpur, Nuh district, Haryana
Location
Country	Ballabgarh, Sohna & Jewar
Highway system
Roads in India Expressways National State Asian

The DND–Faridabad–KMP Expressway, formally known as NH-148NA is a 59

The DND/

) has been opened on 12 February 2023. The entire project is expected to get completed by June 2024.

Route

The NH–148NA highway connects

NCT of Delhi (12 km)

See also:

NCT of Delhi

• Begins in Delhi from the junction of
  Ring Road at Maharani Bagh
• Pass through Khizrabad, Batla House and Okhla Vihar on Yamuna river's west bank
• Starts moving exactly along the Agra Canal from Okhla Vihar metro station to Mithapur
• 2nd entry ramp near Kalindi Kunj metro station (towards Hari Nagar Badarpur-Mithapur) for traffic from Noida
• Exits Delhi and enters Haryana through MCD Toll Plaza at Mithapur Extension, Delhi.

Haryana (47 km)

• On Kalindi Kunj–Mithapur road, it will cross the Agra Canal at Sehatpur Bridge (Faridabad)
• Move on Faridabad bypass road from Sector-37, Faridabad to Kail Gaon near Ballabhgarh^[6]
• At Sector-65 Faridabad bypass, there is a 31 km long link highway to Jewar Airport
• Interchange with Delhi–Agra (NH-2) near DPS Ballabhgarh school at Kail Gaon
• Passes under the Western DFC at Paroli village (Palwal district)
• Crosses Palwal–Sohna (NH-919) at Hajipur village (Gurgaon district)
• Toll Plaza at Kiranj (Nuh district). It is 56 km from the DND starting point
• KMP Expressway at Khalilpur (Nuh district
  ).

KMP interchange

After reaching KMP interchange at Khalilpur, traffic coming from Maharani Bagh (Delhi) and Faridabad bypass has 2 options:

1. They can turn south towards Dausa and Mumbai, or turn north towards Gurgaon and Sohna.

2. They can also use

.

Construction

The construction work of the 'DND–Faridabad–KMP' section was awarded by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon Private Limited (DRA Infracon) in August 2020.^[7] This project will reduce congestion on Ashram to Ballabhgarh route (via Badarpur). In Haryana it will have multiple Flyovers and a 3-lane service road on either side of Faridabad bypass road.

7 km out of 9 km route of Package-1 in Delhi state will be elevated with two-level crossings at 4 locations of the Delhi Metro rail line (near Okhla Vihar and Kalindi Kunj metro station), making it the 1st expressway in India to cross above elevated metro rail line. NH-148NA exits Delhi at MCD Toll Plaza (near Mithapur) which is 12.5 km from the DND starting point.

Packages

The

Sr No	Package	Length in km	Value in crores	State
1.	Junction of DND Flyway & Ring Road in Delhi to Jaitpur–Pushta road in Delhi	09	₹ 1,881	Delhi
2.	Jaitpur–Pushta road in Delhi to Sector-62/65 dividing road in Faridabad	24	₹ 1,832	Delhi & Haryana
3.	Sector-62/65 dividing road in Faridabad to KMP Expressway at Khalilpur in Nuh district	26	₹ 1,619	Haryana

Note:

• Package-2 starts at junction of Jaitpur–Pushta road and Kalindi Kunj–Mithapur road in Delhi (near NTPC Eco Park, Badarpur).
• The deadline of construction work of Package-2 and 3 (Haryana) is 24 months, while deadline of Package-1 (Delhi) is 30 months.

Delhi–Mumbai Expressway

The construction work of

into 4 sections with a total of 52 tenders/ construction packages as given below. The entire 1,350 km long expressway is expected to be completed by January 2024.

Section	Length in km	No. of packages	State-wise packages
KMP	59	03	1 in Delhi and 2 in Haryana
KMP–Vadodara	844	31	3 in Haryana, 13 in Rajasthan, 9 in Madhya Pradesh and 6 in Gujarat
Vadodara–Virar	354	13	10 in Gujarat and 3 in Maharashtra
JNPT	92	05	5 in Maharashtra

Jewar Airport link

The

to Apco Infratech Pvt. Ltd. on 29 July 2022.

Spur Package	Length in km	Value in crores	State
Faridabad bypass (Sector 65), via interchange with EPE at Mohna, to Yamuna Expressway at Dayanat Pur village, north of Jewar	31	₹ 1,660	Haryana and UP

Status updates

• Mar 2019: Foundation stone of NH-148NA was laid by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on 1 March 2019 in Mithapur, Delhi.^[11]
• Dec 2019: NHAI invited bids for construction in 3 packages under
  Bharatmala Pariyojana.^[12]
• July 2020: Work awarded by
  NHAI to DRA Infracon Private Limited (Package-1 & Package-2).^[9]
• Aug 2020: Work awarded by NHAI to DRA Infracon Private Limited (Package-3).
• Oct 2020: Soil testing work started in Faridabad district of Haryana^[13]
• Feb 2021: Construction work is expected to start this year:
  NHAI.^[14]
• May 2021: Construction work started in Package-3 on 14 May 2021. Schedule completion is 24 months.
• Aug 2021: Construction work started in Package-2 (Faridabad bypass) on 10 August. Schedule completion is 24 months.
• Oct 2021:
  RoW in Faridabad.^[15]
• Jan 2022: Construction work started in Package-1 (Delhi) on 11 January. The deadline of Package-1 is June 2024 (30 months).
• Mar 2022: Segment Launcher started erection of concrete structures in Maharani Bagh on 21 March. 7 km out of 9 km long (Package-1) is elevated.^[16]
• July 2022: Tender for
  NHAI to Apco Infratech Pvt. Ltd. on 29 July.^[17][18]
• Feb 2023: The
  NHAI has opened 20 km stretch on Package-3, from Kail Gaon on NH-2 to KMP interchange at Khalilpur (Nuh district) on 12 February 2023.^[19]
• Aug 2023: The Package-2 (Jaitpur in Delhi to Sector-65, Faridabad bypass) has missed it's 24 months deadline of 10 August 2023.
• Feb 2024: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inspected Package-1 & 2 followed by a press conference at DND on 14 February. He said project will be completed by 2024 end.^[20]

See also

• List of Expressways in India
• Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway
• Delhi–Mumbai Expressway
• Highways in Haryana

References