Urban Extension Road-II (UER II) or NH-344M is an upcoming 75.7 km long, 6 lanes (main expressway) & 6 lanes (service roads) wide access-controlled expressway in Delhi NCR, India.^[1] It would start from National Highway 44 at Alipur then passes from Rohini, Mundka, Najafgarh, Dwarka and end at Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway on National Highway 48 near Mahipalpur.^[2] Its main route forms a semicircle on the western side of Delhi, additionally it has two side spurs - one from Bawana in Northwest Delhi to Sonipat in Bawana's North and second in west Delhi from between Tikri border & Najafgarh to NH9 Bahadurgarh south bypass. ^[3] Delhi NCT has 4 concentric ring roads around it - namely Inner Ring Road; Outer Ring Road; third ring outside it formed by the combination of UER-II & Chilla-Okhla Expressway,^[4] and fourth ring formed by the combination of part of Dwarka Expressway (from Tikampur) & Gurugaon-Ghata Expressway, Gurgaon-Sohna Elevated Corridor Expressway, Sohna-Faridabad section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, Faridabad–Noida–Ghaziabad Expressway (FNG), Ghaziabad-Narela Expressway (planned) and Rai-Narela-Bahadurgarh-Gurgaon Expressway (meet Dwarka Expressway at Tikampur in Gurugaon). Outside these ring roads, NCR region will have 3 Regional Circular Expressways (first of which is the existing combination of WPE and EPE)^[5][6] and 3 Zonal Circular Expressways (ZCE).

The project also features two 4 lane spurs

• NH-344P to Bahadurgarh Bypass
• NH-344P to Barwasni Bypass

History

In the year 2000, DDA's NCR Transport Plan 2021 conceived the UER-II project, which did not materialize due to financial viability and land procurement problems. In 2018, NHAI took over the implementation of UER-II phase-1 on payment of INR4000 crore financial viability gap funding by DDA, while DDA itself simultaneously undertook the construction of phase-2.^[3]

Route

The access-controlled UER-II expressway project phase 1 & 2 have a main 74.98 km long 6-lane semi-circular route on western side of Delhi NCT, with two additional spurs - the 29.6 km long 4-lane Bawana-Sonipat spur in northwest and second 7.3 km long 6-lane Najafgarh-Bahadurgarh spur in west. UER-II is an at grade expressway with elevated flyovers at intersections.^[3]

• Main route:

• • Phase-1 - covers northwest quadrant from NH44 Alipur to NH48 IGI Airport Shiv Murti:

• • • Main route: UER-II begins in north from NH44 between Bankoli & Alipur, and then via Bawana Industrial Area, Rohini, Mundka, Bakkarwala, Najafgarh and meets Dwarka Expressway near ICC & IGI Airport tunnel, end at NH48 Shiv Murti on eastern end of IGI.

• • • Spurs: both are part of phase-1.

• • • • Bawana-Sonipat spur: from Bawana in northwest Delhi to its north to Barwasani at 352A in Sonipat in Haryana.^[3]

• • • • Najafgarh-Bahadurgarh spur: from UER north of Najafgarh to its northwest to 9 Bahadurgarh south bypass.^[3]

• • Phase-2 - covers southwest quadrant:

• • • Rangpuri Bypass Expressway: 6-lane expressway from Shiv Murti to Nelson Mandela Marg in Vasant Kunj with interchanges at Andheria Mor and NH148A Anuvrat Marg-Mehraul intersection, then Mehrauli to Badarpur at NH19.

• • • Rangpuri-Mahrauli-Badarpur Expressway: 6-lane expressway from Rangpuri Bypass, via Saket-Mehrauli-Tughlakabad, to Badarpur interchange, with elevated corridor over the Vasant Vihar T-section, Khanpur, Hamdard Nagar and Maa Anandmayi Marg intersections.

• • • Kalindi Bypass: connects at Badarpur interchange.

• • Phase-3 - covers eastern semicircle:

• • • Badarpur-Noida Expressway (BNE): from Badarpur interchange, over the yamuna river via new bridge, to Noida-Greater Noida Bundh Expressway (NGNBE) at Asgarpur Jagir & Noida-Greater Noida Expressway (NGNE) at Noida Sector-98 interchange - both of which converge at Okhla Bird Sanctuary.

• • • Chilla-Okhla Sanctuary Expressway (i.e. Chilla-Shahadra Drain Elevated Road): from Noida end of DND Flyway at Chilla, then over and along the Shahdara Drain to Okhla Bird Sanctuary (beginning of Noida-Greater Noida Expressway and Noida-Greater Noida Bundh Expressway).^[4]

• • • Chilla-Akshardham-Agraula section of Delhi–Saharanpur–Dehradun Expressway: from Chilla-Okhla Expressway (Chilla-Shahadra Drain Elevated Road), via Akshardham temple & Loni to Agraula.

• • • Alipur-Burari-Agraula-Expressway: from NH44 Alipur at Splash Water Park, via Hiranki & then along Bund Road, then Burari bridge over Yamuna river to Agraula where it will connect to Delhi–Saharanpur–Dehradun Expressway, Tronica City and NH709B.

• • • Spurs:

• • • • Burari-Loni-Ghaziabad-Okhla - North Delhi-Ghaziabad inner loop: will pass through Khanpur Japti, Loni, south of Hindon Airport, Chaudhary Charan Singh Marg (Bhopura, Saheed Nagar, Kaushambhi & Ghazipur), and via Ghazipur Road to DND Flyway.

• • • • Agraula-Jawli-Ghaziabad Expressway - North Delhi-Ghaziabad outer loop: Alipur-Burari-Agraula will continue to Jawli and then to NH9 Morti interchange in Ghaziabad where it will meet Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad Expressway (FNG).

Construction

Status updates

• Aug 2021: UER II get August 2023 deadline.^[7]
• Aug 2021: Delhi Govt gives permission to transplant 6600 trees.^[8]
• Nov 2021: H G Infra Engineering receives appointed date for Package 1 from NHAI^[9]

See also

• List of Expressways in India
• Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway
• Delhi–Mumbai Expressway

References