<span style="color: #222222;">Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today said Dwarka Expressway is being developed as the first elevated urban expressway in India.<br />''<br />''In a series of tweets, Mr Gadkari said Dwarka Expressway will reduce pressure on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway and arterial roads that experience severe traffic congestion, primarily from the commuters of West Delhi.<br />''<br />''Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway is part of the Delhi-Jaipur-Ahmedabad-Mumbai arm of Golden Quadrilateral. The Minister said 50 to 60 percent of traffic on NH-8 will be diverted onto the new expressway.<br />''<br />''Mr. Gadkari said government under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is actively prioritizing the development of World Class Infrastructure across all the corners of the country.<br />''<br />''The Expressway connecting Dwarka in Delhi to Gurugram in Haryana is being developed at a total cost of 9,000 crore rupees with a total length of 29 km out of which 19 km length falls in Haryana while the remaining 10 km of length is in Delhi.</span><br />