Risk On
Despite huge strides, the risk of stressed and stranded projects is keeping investors jittery about India's infrastructure building strategy.
The opening up of the 135 kilometre Eastern Peripheral Expressway, and a phase of the 136 km Western Peripheral Expressway, will enhance connectivity in the National Capital Region (NCR). These corridors are estimated to remove roughly 50,000 trucks out of Delhi's congested roads and accelerate freight movement around the NCR.
The expressway is part of larger physical infrastructure designed to connect: a) the Ludhiana Delhi Mumbai dedicated freight corridor (DFC), b) the Delhi Mumbai industrial corridor, and c) the Delhi Kolkata DFC. In the larger scheme of affairs, this, plus the resurrected Delhi Bundelkhand Highway, the widened Delhi Meerut, Delhi Hissar highways, and the upcoming international airport
