The Eastern Peripheral and Yamuna Expressway will now be connected by an interchange after receiving final approval from India’s National Highway Authority. Farmers who had previously opposed construction because they wanted more compensation have now approved the NHAI’s amended rates.
The project’s budget increased over the years from Rs 76 Crore to Rs 107 Crore amid the farmers’ protests, which also hampered the process. Officials anticipate that construction will start shortly, now that they have agreed to cover the increased cost of the project.
The authority’s CEO, Arun Vir Singh, stated that an additional Rs 170 Crore will be given to 30 odd farmers as compensation. When EPE was acquired in 2009, NHAI provided the farmers with compensation in the amount of Rs 3,600 per square metre. Farmers in other villages began to demand the same price as well, and they petitioned the Supreme Court. In a recent letter to the farmers, the authority urged them to accept the revised compensation being offered.
Presently because there isn’t an interchange at the point where the EPE and Yamuna Expressway meet, which is close to the settlement of Jaganpur-Afzalpur in Gautam Budh Nagar. It is anticipated that commuters from Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh will benefit from this intersection.
