India, Jan. 21 -- In a bid to decongest one of Delhi's most saturated traffic corridors, the Delhi Government plans to construct a 6-lane elevated road and two underpasses with an estimated cost of Rs 1,471 crore. The elevated road will run from Saket G-Block to Pul Prahladpur and aims to ease South Delhi's chronic traffic congestion.

The project, cleared at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta at the Delhi Secretariat, includes the construction of an integrated elevated corridor along with two underpasses. The project is scheduled to be completed by December 2027. In addition to easing traffic pressure, it will significantly reduce travel time.

The Delhi Government's Finance and Expenditure Committee on Tuesday approved a pr...