Cabinet nod for 23% hike in cost of link road from Noida airport to Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Tuesday (March 10, 2026) approved a ₹689 crore hike in the capital cost of building greenfield connectivity between the NCR’s second airport, the Noida International Airport, and the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.

The revised cost of the road project is ₹3,630 crore, up from the earlier approved cost of almost ₹2,942 crore, and the project will be developed on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) in the States of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The Haryana government has agreed to bear ₹450 crore of the additional cost.

Critical connectivity

This 31.42 km-long corridor will provide direct and high-speed connectivity from the southern parts of Delhi, Faridabad, and Gurugram in Haryana to Noida International Airport. “The corridor intersects Eastern Peripheral Expressway, Yamuna Expressway, and Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), enabling multimodal transport convergence,” according to a statement from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. 

About 11 km of the road is to be developed as an elevated highway. This corridor traverses the area earmarked for high-density urban development and future infrastructure expansion under the Faridabad Master Plan, 2031.

Four-lane road to Ujjain

The Cabinet Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, also approved approved the development of an 80.45 km-long, four-lane corridor from the Badnawar-Petlawad-Thandla-Timarwani section of NH-752D, at a total capital cost of ₹3,839 crore. This road will connect Ujjain to the Timrawani interchange on the Delhi Mumbai Expressway.

The Timarwani–Thandla–Petlawad–Badnawar–Ujjain corridor is the shortest route for traffic from Gujarat and Maharashtra to Ujjain. Upgradation of the Timarwani–Badnawar section will strengthen inter-state connectivity, enable the efficient movement of traffic, and also take care of the surge in traffic expected during the Simhastha Kumbh Mela in April 2028, the Road Ministry said.