The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Tuesday (March 10, 2026) approved an increase of ₹ 689 crore in the capital cost for building a greenfield link between NCR’s second airport, Noida International Airport and the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.
The revised cost of the road project is ₹ 3,630 crore, an increase from the earlier sanctioned cost of nearly ₹ 2,942 crore, and the project will be developed on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The Haryana government agreed to bear the additional cost of ₹450 crore.
Critical connectivity
This 31.42 km corridor will provide direct and high-speed connectivity from southern parts of Delhi, Faridabad and Gurugram in Haryana to Noida International Airport. “The corridor intersects the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, Yamuna Expressway and Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), enabling multi-modal transport convergence,” the Road Transport and Highways Ministry said in a statement.
About 11 km of the road is to be built as an expressway. This corridor passes through an area earmarked for high-density urban development and future infrastructure expansion under the Faridabad Master Plan 2031.
Four lane road to Ujjain
The Cabinet Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, also approved the development of the 80.45 km four-lane corridor from the Badnawar-Petlawad-Thandla-Timarwani section of NH-752D at a total capital cost of ₹3,839 crore. This road will connect Ujjain with the Timrawani interchange on the Delhi Mumbai Expressway.
The Timarwani–Thandla–Petlawad–Badnawar–Ujjain corridor is the shortest route for transport from Gujarat and Maharashtra to Ujjain. Upgrading the Timarwani-Badnawar section will enhance inter-state connectivity, enable efficient traffic movement and also cater to the surge in traffic expected during the Simhastha Kumbh Mela in April 2028, the road ministry said.
Published – 10 March 2026 22:13 IST
