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New Delhi:
Commuters will be able to reach Okhla from Sarita Vihar over a distance of only a kilometre, after the Northern Railway constructs an underpass at Sarita Vihar. Presently, the length of the road route from Sarita Vihar to Okhla is nine km. The underpass at Sarita Vihar is being constructed by the Northern Railway on behalf of the Delhi Development Authority. This underpass will connect the Okhla industrial area with Kalindi Kunj.“The underpass crosses the Delhi-Mumbai rail route, which is one of the busiest rail lines in India. On this rail section, about 300 express, passenger and goods trains run every day. The underpass in the railway area involves the construction of 180-m-long RCC boxes in three barrels. Two barrels are four lanes each for vehicular traffic and one barrel for cycle and pedestrians. The work below the existing railway line has been executed with the advance technique of box pushing, which ensured uninterrupted flow of rail traffic throughout the construction period,” said a railway official.