Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the corridor in Dehradun on Tuesday after reviewing the elevated wildlife passage in Saharanpur and visiting the Daat Kali temple.
- The access-controlled highway spans 210–213 km from Delhi’s Akshardham to Dehradun, costs about ₹11,868–12,000 crore, and shortens the route through Baghpat, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, and Saharanpur.
- Wildlife safeguards include a roughly 11–12 km elevated section through forest, multiple animal passes, two 200-metre elephant underpasses, and a tunnel near Daat Kali, with NHAI–WII monitoring logging 40,444 wildlife images and 60 elephant crossings.
- Operational features include an Advanced Traffic Management System, 10 interchanges, railway overbridges, major bridges, and 12 wayside amenities, with car speeds capped near 100 km/h for safety.
- Media estimate tolls for cars at around ₹670 one way while final rates and rules are being set, and officials expect faster trips to boost tourism and help farmers move goods to markets more quickly.