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MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS
Major Infrastructural developments:
The major infrastructural developments in Noida are discussed below,
Noida-Greater Noida expressway
The Noida Greater Noida expressway has been built at an estimated cost of INR 4billion and connects the townships
of Noida and Greater Noida. The expressway has six lanes and is 25kms in length. It starts at Sector 15A of Noida and
ends at the Alpha commercial belt in Greater Noida.
Yamuna Expressway
Yamuna Expressway which recently commenced operations is stretching over approximately 165-kilometres along the
Yamuna river connecting Noida and Agra. The principal objective of this expressway is to minimise travel time from
Delhi to Agra, facilitate faster uninterrupted movement of passenger and freight traffic, connect the main existing and
proposed townships and commercial centres on the eastern side of the Yamuna river, relieve traffic congestion on the
National Highway-2 (which runs through the cities of Faridabad, Ballabgarh and Palwal) and on the Old Grand Trunk
Road (National Highway-91). The expressway is intended to serve various commercial, industrial, institutional,
amusement and residential projects, which are being developed.
The first 40 kilometres are located in District Gautam Budh Nagar, passing Noida, Dhankaur, Mirzapur and Jewar,
followed by 20 kilometres in District Aligarh, passing Tappal. The next 90 kilometres is located in District Mathura
passing Nohjhil, Mat, Raya and Baldev, followed by approximately 15 kilometres in District Agra, with the expressway
ending near Etmadpur, a village in District Agra.
Noida-Ghaziabad corridor
Despite reports of the Haryana government scrapping the Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad corridor project, the Noida
government has chosen to go ahead with the portion of the highway planned between Noida and Ghaziabad.
The project was floated in the year 1993 to connect Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad but the Haryana government in the
year 1998 scrapped it as it was found unfeasible. According to the initial plan, the corridor was supposed to be 56kms
long and was supposed to connect the NH 24 near Ghaziabad and NH2, which connects Delhi to Agra, with 16kms of
the corridor falling under the jurisdiction of the Noida authority. This link road begins at Chijarsi village near the NH 24
and passes through the sectors 142, 143B, 167 and ends at the Assdullapur village near sector 168. The Authority has
already spent INR 0.30billion on the project.
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