India, Feb. 25 -- Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday approved a Rs.453.95 crore project to build a nearly 61-kilometre-long road network along both sides of the Najafgarh drain, to ease traffic congestion and improve connectivity between rural Delhi and the city's arterial road network.

The decision was cleared at a meeting of the Finance Expenditure Committee, chaired by the chief minister, at the Delhi Secretariat. Irrigation and flood control (I&FC) minister Parvesh Verma also took part in the meeting.

"The primary objective of this project is to reduce congestion on major roads, cut travel time and fuel consumption and lower vehicular emissions. The corridor will provide an alternative route within the capital's transport network...