PM to inaugurate Eastern Peripheral Expressway; 10 things you should know

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal expressway or the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) today. The inauguration ceremony is scheduled to be held at the District Sports stadium, Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh.

Before the inauguration of the EPE, prime minister will also inaugurate and take part in a roadshow on the first-leg of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway which will start from the NIzamuddin Bridge.

Here is all that you need to know about the Eastern Peripheral Expressway:

1. The 135-km long Eastern Peripheral Expressway has been built at a cost of Rs 110 billion and another Rs 60 billion have been spent on land acquisition. The expressway is expected to reduce the travel time between Kundli and Palwal in Haryana from over 4 hours to just 72 minutes. The 6-lane access control highway will have four major bridges, 46 minor bridges, eight railways over-bridge, seven interchanges, 70 underpass, 151 pedestrian underpass, and three flyovers.