Satyendar Jain to embark on Malaysia visit today

Seeking to decongest the national Capital’s roads, Delhi PWD Minister Satyendar Jain will embark on a two-day Malaysia visit on Saturday to study the concept of two-tier elevated roads for a dedicated Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and an expressway for acre and other vehicles.

In December last year, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced that his government would construct two-tier elevated corridor - one part for BRT and second one for cars and other vehicles.

“Jain and a team of PWD engineers will leave for Malaysia on Saturday night for a detailed study and observation of two-tier elevated roads with BRT and an expressway there. They will return to Delhi on Tuesday,” a senior government official said.

According to the plan, buses would ply on the BRT corridor and cars and others vehicles on the expressway.

The government has decided to construct 10 elevated corridors for which it has also identified locations.

The official said out of the ten, one will be a two-tier elevated corridor.

In January, the AAP government started the process of dismantling the BRT corridor from Moolchand to Ambedkar Nagar, a Rs 180-crore traffic project built in 2008 during Congress’ rule.