Work on the Rs 5,763 crore Eastern Peripheral Expressway has commenced following the redressal of land acquisition issues. The government intends to build the expressway in 400 days.
The five contractors of the project are Sadbhav Engineering, Jai Prakash Associates, Ashoka Buildcon, Oriental Structural Engineers and Gayatri Projects.
NHAI has transferred Rs 1,530 crore for land compensation and of this Rs 1,335 crore has already been paid to people whose land were acquired.
The project work has been divided into six packages of 21 km stretch in Sonepat-Baghpat, 24.5 km stretch in Baghpat-Ghaziabad, 24.5 km stretch in Ghaziabad-GB Nagar, 22 km stretch in GN Nagar, 21 km stretch in GN Nagar-Faridabad and 22 km stretch in Faridabad-Palwal.
The project spans three states - Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.