Delhi-Meerut Package-3 inaugurated

Current context: The Delhi-Meerut Package-3 is to be inaugurated by Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways on 30th September.

The Delhi-Meerut Package-3 will connect Dasna in Ghaziabad to Hapur in UP.
The package is built with a cost of Rs1989 crore and will stretch to 22 kilometres.
The package includes the construction of a major bridge across the upper Ganga canal, which was a big challenge.
The Delhi-Meerut Expressway (82 kilometre-long) connects Delhi with Meerut in western Uttar Pradesh.
The project will help in decongesting National Capital Region and a considerable reduction in pollution level.
The Delhi-Meerut Expressway project is being implemented in four packages:

6-lane expressway/ 8-lane NH 24 from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to Ghazipur border.
6-lane expressway/ 8-lane NH 24 from Ghazipur border to Dasna in UP.
6-lane NH 24 from Dasna to Hapur in UP, which is being inaugurated.
Greenfield 6-lane expressway from Hapur to Meerut.