Overview
- The corridor, dedicated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, spans roughly 210–213 km, cost about Rs 12,000 crore, and cuts travel time to around 2.5 hours.
- In Mandola village, a two-storey house on a disputed 1,600 sq m plot blocks a planned ramp that would link local roads and the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, so NHAI has installed crash barriers and a narrow temporary service lane that residents and officials say is accident-prone.
- The dispute began with a 1998 Uttar Pradesh Housing Board acquisition, reached the Supreme Court in 2024 for an expedited push, and now awaits a fresh hearing at the Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench after a March 26 bench dissolution.
- Operations are underway with FASTag tolling, with one-way car fares reported at about Rs 670–675 and the first 18 km in Delhi toll-free, as early users praise faster trips but point to high fees and a lack of fuel stations on some stretches.
- About 64% of the route runs through western Uttar Pradesh, and officials and analysts expect gains in logistics, warehousing, real estate and tourism across districts such as Baghpat, Shamli and Saharanpur.