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Noida-Delhi's Traffic Nightmare: Highway Shrinks to Service Road, Causing Massive Jams.
- •A critical road connecting Noida and Delhi abruptly narrows from a highway to a service road, creating severe daily traffic jams.
- •The 2-kilometer stretch from Mahamaya Flyover to DND Flyway is a daily nuisance, causing long queues during peak hours.
- •Approximately 4.50 lakh vehicles use this stretch daily, significantly exceeding the expressway's original capacity of 1.50 lakh vehicles.
- •Expansion of residential and commercial areas in Noida has further exacerbated traffic pressure on this bottleneck.
- •The Chilla Elevated Road project, expected to be completed by July 2027, is seen as the primary solution to alleviate the traffic burden.
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The congestion is caused by a highway-width section suddenly narrowing from six lanes to four lanes near Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal, and further down to three lanes near the Film City Flyover. This sudden bottleneck, combined with heavy vehicle pressure exceeding the road's intended capacity and poor lane discipline, leads to daily traffic jams.
The six-lane Chilla Elevated Road project has a new target completion date of July 2027. Originally started in 2019 with a budget of 893 crore rupees, the project faced previous delays due to a gas pipeline issue and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Approximately 4.50 lakh vehicles pass through this specific congested stretch daily. This volume far exceeds the expressway's original built capacity of 1.50 lakh vehicles, contributing heavily to the daily gridlock.
