The Nationwide Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has authorised a long-pending proposal to assemble a two-way flyover at Kalindi Kunj, close to Delhi’s border with Noida, aimed toward making the chronically congested intersection signal-free, in response to paperwork accessed by PR.
Officers from Delhi Site visitors Police and Noida Site visitors Police met officers from NHAI on Wednesday, the place the proposal acquired its nod, mentioned further commissioner of police (site visitors) Dinesh Kumar Gupta. “An in depth undertaking report (DPR) was proven and the small print of the infrastructure had been mentioned. The Kalindi Kunj junction will turn out to be signal-free after the 2 loops are created,” Gupta mentioned.
NHAI officers didn’t reply to requests for touch upon the event until the time of going to print.
The proposal, for which a DPR has already been ready, will join the Khadar Puliya intersection to Noida and supply a return hyperlink from Noida to Khadar Puliya.
An officer defined that two “loop roads” or flyovers will probably be created. The primary will probably be for commuters coming from Noida (on the Kalindi Kunj Bridge) to go to Faridabad and the Mumbai Expressway – they will transfer in the direction of the left and bypass the Kalindi Kunj intersection altogether. The second will probably be created from the other way – for commuters coming from Faridabad and the Mumbai Expressway in the direction of Noida – which can straight connect with the Okhla Barrage Highway. “By doing this, the junction will turn out to be signal-free,” the officer mentioned.
The present intersection will stay useful, and will probably be made signal-free and a few stretches on it will likely be widened, the official defined.
Kalindi Kunj has emerged as a significant site visitors bottleneck on the Delhi-Noida border, dealing with heavy vehicular movement from a number of instructions, together with Noida, Faridabad, Badarpur, and central Delhi. Throughout peak hours, the stretch routinely witnesses long-hour congestion.
The proposal was first flagged by Delhi Site visitors Police in August 2025, when the extra commissioner of police (site visitors) wrote to NHAI highlighting every day congestion and urging fast infrastructure intervention.
“After opening of the Mumbai Expressway, there’s enormous movement of site visitors from Faridabad/Badarpur in the direction of Noida which conflicts at Kalindi Kunj Junction and creates an extended tail. There stays heavy site visitors quantity from three sides—Highway No. 13 Shaheen Bagh to Noida, Noida to Delhi, and Faridabad to Noida—owing to which most people is struggling lots each day,” the doc learn.
In response, NHAI knowledgeable Delhi Police that the matter had been taken up on the highest ranges. The DPR for the proposed interchange has been ready, marking a key step ahead.
“The DPR for building of an interchange at Kalindi Kunj has been accomplished, and requisite building will probably be undertaken as per the report,” an official mentioned, indicating the undertaking has moved into the implementation starting stage.
The event comes amid broader efforts by the Centre to deal with site visitors congestion in Delhi. MoRTH lately knowledgeable the Lok Sabha that three key corridors in Delhi – together with the Kalindi Kunj stretch – have been recognized for infrastructure upgrades.
Responding to a supplementary query within the Lok Sabha on February 6, Union minister of state for MoRTH and East Delhi MP Harsh Malhotra mentioned NHAI is making ready DPRs for 3 nationwide freeway stretches. “Three flyovers will probably be constructed on the Ashram-Badarpur stretch to make it principally signal-free. At the moment, due to congestion, it takes round one to one-and-a-half hours. This journey time will probably be decreased,” Malhotra mentioned.
One other site visitors police officer mentioned, “This junction isn’t just a city-level intersection; it carries regional site visitors between Delhi, Noida, and Faridabad. Any bottleneck right here has a cascading affect on a number of corridors.”
Whereas timelines for building haven’t but been introduced, NHAI’s approval and completion of the DPR are a step in the direction of implementation. For 1000’s navigating the Delhi-Noida hall every day, the flyover may ultimately carry aid from one of many metropolis’s most persistent site visitors choke factors.