The Uttar Pradesh Braj Teerth Vikas Parishad’s Rs 1,645 crore project to link the Yamuna Expressway (Noida-Agra) and the Delhi-Agra National Highway in Mathura was approved on the last day of the financial year, officials said.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will now initiate land acquisition procedures for the link road in the first phase.

According to Shyam Bahadur Singh, ex-officio CEO of the Parishad and Vice Chairman of the Mathura-Vrindavan Development Authority, the 15-km six-lane road will connect the Yamuna Expressway at its 101st km with the Delhi-Agra Highway near Jaint. The project also proposes a bridge over the Yamuna River.

The route will start from Jaint (Km 129.32), pass near Ramtal in Vrindavan, cross the Yamuna, and merge with the expressway.